Numbers 21:12:2Num.21.12.W2TAB
נָסָ֑עוּ
nasau
“they set out”
- Transliteration
- na-SA-u
- Extended
- naa-SAA-oo
- IPA
- /naˈsaː.u/
Meaning by language
- English
- they set out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-SA-u
- clause
mi-SHAM na-SA-u
- sentence
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU be-NA-khal ZA-red
Exegesis
It is followed by the Qal perfect nas'u {נָסָ֑עוּ | nāsāʿū} ‘they journeyed’, reporting a completed motion.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-samekh-ayin
“to pull up; depart”
In context — Numbers 21:12
From there they journeyed and camped in the valley of Zered.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:12, so the Hebrew word נָסָ֑עוּ (nasau) 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.21.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.12.W2.S1) and character.