Numbers 20:8:17Num.20.8.W17TAB

וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥

vehishkita

“and you shall cause to drink”

Transliteration: ve-hish-KI-ta
Extended: veh-hish-KEE-tah
IPA: /vəhiʃˈkiːta/

Meaning by language

English: and you shall cause to drink

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הִשְׁ + קִי + תָ֥

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ve + hish + ki + ta

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vehishkita

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-hish-KI-ta
phraseyour reading level
ve-hish-KI-ta ET-ha-e-DA
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

Exegesis

The forecasting verb wə-nāṭan {וְנָתַן | wə-nāṭan} ‘it will give’ signals the rock’s response, while the Hifʿil perfect verbs wə-hôṣēʾtā {וְהוֹצֵאתָ | wə-hôṣēʾtā} and wə-hišqīṭā {וְהִשְׁקִיתָ | wə-hišqīṭā} describe the delivery of water.

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 20:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 20:8, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ (vehishkita) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.8.W17.S1) and character.

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