Numbers 20:8:16Num.20.8.W16TAB
מִן־הַסֶּ֔לַע
minhasela
“from the rock”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-SE-la
- Extended
- min-hah-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /min.hasˈsɛlaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-SE-la
- clause
ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
- sentence
KAKH ET-ha-ma-TEH ve-hak-HEL ET-ha-e-DAH a-TA ve-a-ha-RON a-KHI-kha ve-dib-bar-TEM el-ha-SE-la le-ey-NEY-hem ve-na-TAN mei-MAV ve-ho-tse-TA la-HEM MA-yim min-ha-SE-la ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA ve-ET-be-i-RAM
Root and etymology
ס־ל־עs-l-ʿ
“rock, crag”
In context — Numbers 20:8
Take the staff and assemble the congregation—you and Aaron your brother—and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will release its water. You shall bring water out for them from the rock and provide the congregation and their livestock water to drink.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַסֶּ֔לַע (minhasela) 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.20.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W16.S1) and character.