Numbers 20:12:5Num.20.12.W5TAB
יַ֚עַן
yaan
“because”
- Transliteration
- YA-an
- Extended
- YA-ahn
- IPA
- /ˈjaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
YA-an
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON YA-an lo-he-e-man-TEM BI le-hak-di-SHE-ni le-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON YA-an lo-he-e-man-TEM BI le-hak-di-SHE-ni le-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEN LO ta-vi-U et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-sher-na-ta-TI la-HEM
Exegesis
The causal particle ya‘an {יַ֚עַן | ya‘an} ‘because’ initiates the reason clause, which is negated by lō he’emantēm {לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם | lō he’emantēm} ‘you trusted’; here, the Hifil perfect conveys an active causative trust.
In context — Numbers 20:12
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not trust Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:12, so the Hebrew word יַ֚עַן (yaan) 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.20.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.12.W5.S1) and character.