Numbers 16:46:7Num.16.46.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:11
אֵשׁ
esh
“fire”
- Transliteration
- ESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- fire
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHEH el-a-ha-RON KAKH et-ham-makh-TAH ve-TEN-a-lei-HA ESH me-AL-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-SIM ke-TO-ret ve-ho-LEKH me-he-RAH el-ha-e-DAH ve-ka-PEHR a-lei-HEM ki-ya-TSA ha-KE-tsef mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH he-khe-LAH ha-NE-gef
Root and etymology
א־ש
“fire, flame”
In context — Numbers 16:46
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire on it from the altar, add incense, and hurry to the congregation to make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out before the LORD ; the plague has begun.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:46:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 16:46, so the Hebrew word אֵשׁ (esh) 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.16.46.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.46.W7.S1) and character.