Numbers 17:12:7Num.17.12.W7TABWLC Numbers 17:27
גָּוַ֣עְנוּ
gavanu
“we are perishing”
- Transliteration
- ga-va-NU
- Extended
- gaa-vah-NU
- IPA
- /ɡaːˈvaʕnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we are perishing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ga-va-NU
- phraseyour reading level
HEN ga-va-NU a-vad-NU ku-la-NU a-vad-NU
- clause
le-MOR HEN ga-va-NU a-vad-NU ku-la-NU a-vad-NU
- sentence
va-yits-a-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-MO-sheh le-MOR HEN ga-va-NU a-vad-NU ku-la-NU a-vad-NU
Exegesis
The perfect verbs gā-‘an-nû {גָּוַעְנוּ | gā-‘an-nû} and ’ā-vad-nû {אָבַדְנוּ | ’ā-vad-nû} express completed ruin; they are translated in the formal as “have perished” and “are ruined,” and in the dynamic as “are finished” and “are ruined.”
Root and etymology
g-v-‘
“to perish, die”
In context — Numbers 17:12
And the sons of Israel said to Moses , saying, “Look, we have perished ; we are ruined; all of us are ruined.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 17:12, so the Hebrew word גָּוַ֣עְנוּ (gavanu) 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.17.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.12.W7.S1) and character.