Numbers 21:15:7Num.21.15.W7TAB
וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן
venishan
“and leans”
- Transliteration
- ve-nish-AN
- Extended
- veh-nish-AHN
- IPA
- /vəniʃˈʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and leans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nish-AN
- clause
ve-nish-AN lig-VUL mo-AV
- sentence
ve-e-SHED han-ne-KHA-lim a-SHER na-TA le-SHE-vet AR ve-nish-AN lig-VUL mo-AV
Exegesis
A parallel Nifal perfect clause with wə-niš-ʿan {וְנִשְׁעַן | wə-niš-ʿan} ‘and leans’ mirrors the first action, creating a chiastic topographical description.
In context — Numbers 21:15
And the slope of the ravines which extends to the settlement of Ar , and leans against the border of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:15, so the Hebrew word וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן (venishan) 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.21.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.15.W7.S1) and character.