Numbers 16:35:1Num.16.35.W1TAB
וּֽאֵשׁ
uesh
“And fire”
- Transliteration
- u-ESH
- Extended
- uu-EESH
- IPA
- /uˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- And fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ESH
- phraseyour reading level
u-ESH yats-A me-ET Ye-ho-VAH va-to-KHAL ET ha-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
u-ESH yats-A me-ET Ye-ho-VAH va-to-KHAL ET ha-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM EESH mak-ri-VEI hak-to-RET
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve’esh {וְאֵשׁ | ve’êš} ‘and fire’, using the conjunctive vav to continue the narrative and underscore divine action.
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire, flame”
In context — Numbers 16:35
And fire went out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 16:35, so the Hebrew word וּֽאֵשׁ (uesh) 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.16.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.35.W1.S1) and character.