Numbers 20:5:2Num.20.5.W2TAB
הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙
heelitunu
“have you brought us up”
- Transliteration
- he-e-li-TU-nu
- Extended
- heh-eh-lee-TOO-noo
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʔɛ.liˈtu.nu/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you brought us up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-e-li-TU-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-MA he-e-li-TU-nu
- clause
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
- 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 Hifil perfect he’elitunu {הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּ | hē-ʿə·lī·tū·nū} ‘did you bring us up’ pairs with the infinitive lehavi {לְהָבִיא | lə·hā·ḇī·ʾ} ‘to bring’ to express purpose.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hayin-lamed-he
“to ascend, bring up”
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 20:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 20:5, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ (heelitunu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.5.W2.S1) and character.