Numbers 17:12:9Num.17.12.W9TABWLC Numbers 17:27
כֻּלָּ֥נוּ
kulanu
“all of us”
- Transliteration
- ku-la-NU
- Extended
- kuu-laa-NU
- IPA
- /kulˈlaːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all of us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ku-la-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 repetition of the verb for ruin underscores the totality of the threat, while the noun kul-lan-nû {כֻּלָּנוּ | kul-lan-nû} “all of us” intensifies the collective despair. Hebrew parallelism is reflected through punctuation choices: the semicolon in the formal and the exclamation and dash in the dynamic capture the rising emotional intensity.
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 17:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 17:12, so the Hebrew word כֻּלָּ֥נוּ (kulanu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.12.W9.S1) and character.