Numbers 17:13:8Num.17.13.W8TABWLC Numbers 17:28
תַּמְנוּ
tamnu
“we all to perish”
- Transliteration
- tam-NU
- Extended
- TAHM-noo
- IPA
- /ˈtam.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we all to perish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
tam-NU
- sentence
KOL ha-ka-REV ha-ka-REV el-mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH ya-MUT ha-IM tam-NU lig-VO-a
Exegesis
introduces a climactic question with the perfect tamnu {תַּמְנוּ | tamnû} ‘we have come to our end’ and infinitive ligvoa {לִגְוֹעַ | li-gə-ō-ʿa} ‘to die,’ reflecting Hebrew emphasis through repetition and crescendo.
In context — Numbers 17:13
Everyone who approaches—who approaches—the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Is it that we have come to our end , to die?
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 17:13, so the Hebrew word תַּמְנוּ (tamnu) 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.17.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.13.W8.S1) and character.