Numbers 20:4:10Num.20.4.W10TAB
וּבְעִירֵֽנוּ׃
uveirenu
“and our cattle”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-i-RE-nu
- Extended
- oo-veh-ee-REH-noo
- IPA
- /uvəʕiːˈreːnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and our cattle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-i-RE-nu
- clause
la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
- sentence
ve-la-MA ha-ve-TEM et-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZEH la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
Exegesis
The coordinated elements ʾă-naḥ-nū ū-və-ʿî-rê-nū {אֲנַ֖חְנוּ וּבְעִירֵֽנוּ | ʾă-naḥ-nū ū-və-ʿî-rê-nū} include both the people and their livestock, heightening communal peril. The English preserves Hebrew word order and functional markers.
Root and etymology
ע-י-ר
“city”
In context — Numbers 20:4
And why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness , that we and our cattle should die there?
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 20:4, so the Hebrew word וּבְעִירֵֽנוּ׃ (uveirenu) 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.20.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.4.W10.S1) and character.