Numbers 20:17:5Num.20.17.W5TAB
בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה
besadeh
“in a field”
- Transliteration
- be-sa-DEH
- Extended
- beh-sah-DEH
- IPA
- /bəsaˈdɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a field
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
be-sa-DEH
- phraseyour reading level
be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem
- clause
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
- 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
nishteh) underscores noninterference with agricultural resources denoted by be-sadeh {בְשָׂדֶ֣ה | bə-śā-deh} and u-ve-kerem {וּבְכֶ֔רֶם | u-ḇə-ḵe-rem}.
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 20:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה (besadeh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W5.S1) and character.