Numbers 21:11:11Num.21.11.W11TAB
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
hashamesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHA-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHAH-mesh
- IPA
- /haˈʃaːmeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHA-mesh
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
- sentence
va-yis-U me-o-VOT va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
Finally, the idiom mimmiz·raḥ ha·šāmeš {מִמִּזְרַ֖ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ | mimmiz·raḥ ha·šāmeš} ‘toward the sunrise’ combines “from the east” with “the sun” to indicate orientation. This clause sequence underscores movement, place-naming practices, and boundary delineation in the wilderness journey.
In context — Numbers 21:11
And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-ha-Abarim in the wilderness that overlooks Moab, toward the east .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:11, so the Hebrew word הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (hashamesh) 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.21.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W11.S1) and character.