Numbers 20:18:8Num.20.18.W8TAB
אֵצֵ֥א
etse
“I come out”
- Transliteration
- e-TSE
- Extended
- eh-TSEH
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I come out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
- clause
pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-la-VU e-DOM LO ta-a-VOR BI pen-ba-KHE-rev e-TSE li-kra-TE-kha
Exegesis
The result etze {אֵצֵ֥א | ʾê-ṣêʾ} ‘I will go out’ (Qal imperfect 1cs) states the response, and likratekha {לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ | lī-qra-ʾā-te-kha} ‘to meet you’ clarifies purpose. Hebrew word order places the threat immediately after the prohibition; English renders pen as “lest” (formal) or “or” (dynamic) to preserve its concessive nuance.
In context — Numbers 20:18
But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I go out to meet you with the sword .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:18, so the Hebrew word אֵצֵ֥א (etse) 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.20.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.18.W8.S1) and character.