Numbers 20:17:15Num.20.17.W15TAB
נִטֶּה֙
niteh
“turn aside”
- Transliteration
- ni-TEH
- Extended
- ni-TEH
- IPA
- /niˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn aside
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
LO ni-TEH
- clause
DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
- sentence
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The meristic expression ni-teh ya-min u-smo-ol {נִטֶּה יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול | niṭēh ya-min u-śmo-ol} covers all lateral deviations.
In context — Numbers 20:17
Please let us pass through your land. We will not travel through a field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from a well. We will remain on the king’s road and will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have gone beyond your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word נִטֶּה֙ (niteh) 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.20.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W15.S1) and character.