Numbers 16:30:8Num.16.30.W8TAB
וִידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־נִאֲצוּ֔ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים הָאֵ֥לֶּה אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
vidatem kiniatsu haanashim haele etyehovah
“then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD”
- Transliteration
- vi-da-TEM ki-ni-a-TSU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le et-Ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vih-dah-TEM kee-nee-ah-TSOO hah-ah-nah-SHEEM hah-AY-leh eet-Yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /vij.daʕˈtem kiː.ni.ʔăˈʦuː ha.ʔănaˈʃim ha.ʔeˈle ʔeːt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vi-da-TEM ki-ni-a-TSU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le et-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-IM-be-ri-AH yiv-RA e-lo-HIM u-fat-STAH ha-a-da-MAH et-PI-ha u-val-AH o-TAM ve-ET kol-a-SHER la-HEM ve-yor-DU kha-YIM she-O-la vi-da-TEM ki-ni-a-TSU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun bərîʾāh {בְּרִיאָה | bə-rî-ʾāh} “a creation” with the Qal imperfect yivra {יִבְרָא | yi-vrāʾ} “he will create” highlights divine initiative, and the subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} underscores sovereign agency.
Direct object markers ʾēṯ {אֶת־ | ʾēṯ} mark both pîhā {פִּיהָ | pî-hā} “its mouth” and ʾōṯām {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṭā-m} “them,” while the relative clause wə-ʾēṯ-kol-ʾăšer-lā-hem {וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם | wə-ʾēṯ kol ʾă-šer lā-hem} “and all that belongs to them” indicates total inclusion.
The apodosis begins with wə-yīḏaʿtəm {וִידַעְתֶּם | wə-yī-ḏaʿ-tə-m} “and you will know” and the conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} “that,” leading to the Piel perfect nîʾāṣû {נִאֲצוּ | nî-ʾā-ṣû} “they have despised,” which delivers the moral judgment in the subordinate clause hāʾănāšîm hāʾēlleh ʾēṯ YHWH {הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֶת־יְהוָה | hā-ʾă-nā-šîm hā-ʾé-lleh ʾēṯ Yəhōwāh}. The structure contrasts divine creativity and punitive judgment, forming a chiastic pattern that binds sign and recognition.
Root and etymology
h-y-h
“to be, to exist”
In context — Numbers 16:30
But if the LORD creates a new thing , and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:30, so the Hebrew word וִידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־נִאֲצוּ֔ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים הָאֵ֥לֶּה אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ (vidatem kiniatsu haanashim haele etyehovah) 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.16.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.30.W8.S1) and character.