Numbers 20:3:7Num.20.3.W7TAB
גָוַ֛עְנוּ
gavannu
“we had died”
- Transliteration
- ga-VAN-nu
- Extended
- gah-VAH-nu
- IPA
- /ɡaˈvaʕnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we had died
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-VAN-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LU ga-VAN-nu
- clause
va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Gavanu {גָוַ֛עְנוּ | gā-ḇa-ʿnū} frames the desired action as complete.
Root and etymology
g-w-ʿGimel, Vav, Ayin
“to expire”
In context — Numbers 20:3
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died in the dying of our brothers before the LORD ."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:3, so the Hebrew word גָוַ֛עְנוּ (gavannu) 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.20.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.3.W7.S1) and character.