Numbers 20:5:13Num.20.5.W13TAB
וְגֶ֙פֶן֙
vegefen
“or vine”
- Transliteration
- ve-GE-fen
- Extended
- veh-GEH-fen
- IPA
- /vəˈɡɛfɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- or vine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-GE-fen
- phraseyour reading level
u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen
- clause
LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT
- sentence
ve-la-MA he-e-li-TU-nu mi-mits-RA-yim le-ha-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-ma-KOM ha-RA ha-ZEH LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT
Exegesis
The accumulative list zera {זֶרַע | zē·rāʿ} ‘seed’, te’enah {תְאֵנָה | te·’ê·nāh} ‘fig’, gefen {גֶפֶן | ge·p̄en} ‘vine’, rimon {רִמּוֹן | rim·mōn} ‘pomegranate’, mayim {מַיִם | may·yim} ‘water’ is rendered as a coordinated series in English to preserve the rhetorical build-up of scarcity.
In context — Numbers 20:5
And why did you bring us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates , nor is there water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְגֶ֙פֶן֙ (vegefen) 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.20.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.5.W13.S1) and character.