Numbers 16:34:8Num.16.34.W8TAB
פֶּן־נִבְלָעֶנוּ
pennivlaenu
“lest we be swallowed”
- Transliteration
- pen-niv-la-E-nu
- Extended
- PEHN-neev-la-AH-noo
- IPA
- /pɛn.niv.laːˈʕe.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest we be swallowed
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-niv-la-E-nu
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER se-vi-vo-TE-hem na-SU le-ko-LAM KI am-RU pen-niv-la-E-nu ha-A-retz
Exegesis
Conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the speech act amru {אָמְרוּ | ʾāmrū} ‘they said,’ and the particle pen {פֶּן־ | pen} marks negative purpose.
In context — Numbers 16:34
All Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:34, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־נִבְלָעֶנוּ (pennivlaenu) 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.16.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.34.W8.S1) and character.