Numbers 17:12:8Num.17.12.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:27
אָבַ֣דְנוּ
avadnu
“we are lost”
- Transliteration
- a-vad-NU
- Extended
- aa-vahd-NU
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈvadnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we are lost
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vad-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
’-b-d
“to perish, be lost”
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 17:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 17:12, so the Hebrew word אָבַ֣דְנוּ (avadnu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.12.W8.S1) and character.