Numbers 16:28:6Num.16.28.W6TAB
שְׁלָחַ֣נִי
shelakhani
“has sent me”
- Transliteration
- she-la-KHA-ni
- Extended
- sheh-lah-KHAH-nee
- IPA
- /ʃəlaˈxani/
Meaning by language
- English
- has sent me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
she-la-KHA-ni
- phraseyour reading level
te-de-UN ki-ye-ho-VAH she-la-KHA-ni la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-ma-a-SIM ha-e-LEH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH be-ZOT te-de-UN ki-ye-ho-VAH she-la-KHA-ni la-a-SOT ET kol-ha-ma-a-SIM ha-e-LEH ki-LO mi-li-BI
Exegesis
The conjunction kiyehovah {כִּֽי־יְהוָ֣ה | kî-yə-hō-wāh} ‘that the LORD’ introduces the content clause where the perfect shelachani {שְׁלָחַנִי | śə-lā-ḥā-nî} ‘has sent me’ identifies divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-l-kh
“to send”
In context — Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, “By this you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works , for it was not from my own heart.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:28, so the Hebrew word שְׁלָחַ֣נִי (shelakhani) 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.16.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.28.W6.S1) and character.