Numbers 20:3:9Num.20.3.W9TAB
אַחֵ֖ינוּ
akhenu
“our brothers”
- Transliteration
- a-KHE-nu
- Extended
- ah-KHEH-nu
- IPA
- /ʔaˈxeːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
big-VA a-KHE-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
The construct chain bigva acheinu {בִּגְוַ֥ע אַחֵ֖ינוּ | bi-gə-wāʿ ʾa-ḥê-nū} intensifies the familial lament.
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 20:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:3, so the Hebrew word אַחֵ֖ינוּ (akhenu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.3.W9.S1) and character.