Numbers 21:16:9Num.21.16.W9TAB
אֱסֹף֙
esof
“gather”
- Transliteration
- e-SOF
- Extended
- eh-SOHF
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈsof/
Meaning by language
- English
- gather
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-SOF
- clause
hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The imperative esof {אֱסֹף | ’ĕ-sōp̄} preserves the direct command structure, and the imperfect veettenah {וְאֶתְּנָה | wə-’et-tə-nā} expresses the promised future action.
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word אֱסֹף֙ (esof) 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.21.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W9.S1) and character.