Numbers 16:6:2Num.16.6.W2TAB
עֲשׂ֣וּ
asu
“do”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- ah-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
ZOT a-SU ke-KHU-la-KHEM makh-TO-t
- sentence
ZOT a-SU ke-KHU-la-KHEM makh-TO-t KO-rakh ve-KHOL-a-da-TO
Exegesis
The Hebrew opens with the demonstrative zot {זֹאת | zōṯ} ‘this’, fronting focus before the successive imperatives asu {עֲשׂוּ | ăśû} ‘do’ and kechu {קְחוּ | qəḥû} ‘take’, forming a linked command.
In context — Numbers 16:6
Do this : take censers for yourselves, Korah and all his assembly .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:6, so the Hebrew word עֲשׂ֣וּ (asu) 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.16.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.6.W2.S1) and character.