Numbers 2:10:4Num.2.10.W4TAB

תֵּימָ֖נָה

teimana

“to the south”

Transliteration: tei-ma-NA
Extended: tei-mah-NAH
IPA: /tejmaˈna/

Meaning by language

English: to the south

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

תֵּי + מָ֖ + נָה

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tei + ma + na

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teimana

Alphabet Analysis

	Tav	t as in top
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem	m as in mother
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Nun	n as in new
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
tei-ma-NA
clause
DE-gel ma-kha-NEH re-u-VEN tei-ma-NA le-tsiv-o-TAM
sentence
DE-gel ma-kha-NEH re-u-VEN tei-ma-NA le-tsiv-o-TAM ve-na-SI liv-NEI re-u-VEN e-li-TSUR ben-she-dei-UR

Exegesis

The directional adverb teimanah {תֵּימָ֖נָה | tê·yā·māḥ} ‘toward the south’ governs orientation.

In context — Numbers 2:10

The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be to the south according to their divisions, and the leader of the sons of Reuben is Elitzur son of Shedeur.

About this coordinate

Numbers 2:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:10, so the Hebrew word תֵּימָ֖נָה (teimana) 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.2.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.10.W4.S1) and character.

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