Numbers 19:18:12Num.19.18.W12TAB
הָֽיוּ־שָׁ֑ם
hayusham
“were there”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU-SHAM
- Extended
- hah-YOO-SHAHM
- IPA
- /hajˈjuː.ˈʃam/
Meaning by language
- English
- were there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YU-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM
- clause
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM ve-al-ha-no-GEA ba-E-tsem O ve-cha-LAL O ba-MET O ba-KA-ver
Exegesis
The relative clause asher hayu sham {אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָֽיוּ־שָׁ֑ם | ’ă-šer hā-yû šām} ‘who were there’ specifies location.
In context — Numbers 19:18
And a man who is clean shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the vessels , on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 19:18, so the Hebrew word הָֽיוּ־שָׁ֑ם (hayusham) 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.19.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.18.W12.S1) and character.