Numbers 17:11:8Num.17.11.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:26
עָשָׂ֖ה׃
asa
“he did”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- ah-SA
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsa/
Meaning by language
- English
- he did
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SA
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TO KEN a-SA
Exegesis
The adverb kên {כֵּן | kên} ‘so/thus’ together with the repeated verb ʿāśâ {עָשָׂה | ʿāśâ} ‘he did’ in the main clause forms an emphatic restatement of exact compliance. English preserves this subordinate–main clause structure to underscore the causal link between divine command and human fidelity.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Sin-He
“to do, make”
In context — Numbers 17:11
And Moses did just as the LORD commanded him; so he did.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 17:11, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֖ה׃ (asa) 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.17.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.11.W8.S1) and character.