Numbers 16:26:14Num.16.26.W14TAB
פֶּן־תִּסָּפוּ
pentisafu
“lest you be swept away”
- Transliteration
- pen-ti-SA-fu
- Extended
- pehn-tee-SA-FOO
- IPA
- /pɛn.tisˈsaːfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest you be swept away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-ti-SA-fu
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR SU-ru NA me-AL o-ha-LEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-re-sha-EEM ha-e-LEH ve-AL-TIG-u be-KHOL-a-sher la-HEM pen-ti-SA-fu be-KHOL-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The warning pen tissafu bekol chatotam {פֶּן־תִּסָּפ֖וּ בְּכָל־חַטֹּאתָֽם | pen ṯīsāp̄û bəḵōl ḥaṭṭōṯātem} ‘lest you be swept away because of all their sins’ uses a negative-purpose particle plus Niphal imperfect to convey potential judgment.
Root and etymology
RootSamekh, Vav, Pe
“to be swept away”
In context — Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked ones , and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away because of all their sins.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־תִּסָּפוּ (pentisafu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.16.26.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W14.S1) and character.