Numbers 16:39:6Num.16.39.W6TABWLC Numbers 17:4
הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת
hannekhoshet
“the bronze”
- Transliteration
- han-ne-KHO-shet
- Extended
- hah-ne-KHOH-shet
- IPA
- /han.nɛˈħoʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bronze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
han-ne-KHO-shet
- phraseyour reading level
makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת | ʾet} introduces the object maḥṭōṯ hanneḥšêṯ {מַחְתּוֹת הַנֶּחֱשֶׁת | maḥṭōṯ hanneḥšêṯ} ‘firepans of bronze’.
In context — Numbers 16:39
And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word הַנְּחֹ֔שֶׁת (hannekhoshet) 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.16.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W6.S1) and character.