Numbers 20:10:10Num.20.10.W10TAB
הֲמִן־הַסֶּ֣לַע
haminhasela
“from this rock”
- Transliteration
- ha-MIN-ha-se-LA
- Extended
- hah-MIHN-hah-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /ħaˈmin.hasːɛˈlaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from this rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-MIN-ha-se-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
- sentence
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The interrogative ha-min-ha-sela {הֲמִן־הַסֶּ֣לַע | hămin-hassēlaʿ} ‘is it from this rock’ embeds the demonstrative ha-zeh {הַזֶּ֔ה | hazzeh}, forming a rhetorical question expressing incredulity.
Root and etymology
s-l-ʿsamekh–lamed–ayin
“rock”
In context — Numbers 20:10
Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 20:10, so the Hebrew word הֲמִן־הַסֶּ֣לַע (haminhasela) 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.20.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.10.W10.S1) and character.