Numbers 16:42:10Num.16.42.W10TABWLC Numbers 17:7
כִּסָּ֣הוּ
kisahu
“covered it”
- Transliteration
- ki-sa-HU
- Extended
- kih-saa-HU
- IPA
- /kisːaˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- covered it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-sa-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- clause
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN va-ye-RA ke-VOD-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Kissāʾū {כִסָּהוּ | kissāʾū} ‘it covered it’ with hēʿānān {הֶעָנָן | hēʿānān} ‘the cloud’ signals pre-theophanic concealment.
In context — Numbers 16:42
And it happened, as the assembly was gathering against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:42:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 16:42, so the Hebrew word כִּסָּ֣הוּ (kisahu) 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.16.42.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.42.W10.S1) and character.