Numbers 21:17:8Num.21.17.W8TAB
עֱנוּ־לָֽהּ׃
enulah
“Sing to it”
- Transliteration
- e-NU-LAH
- Extended
- eh-NOO-LAH
- IPA
- /ʕɛˈnuːˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sing to it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-NU-LAH
- clause
a-LI ve-ER e-NU-LAH
- sentence
AZ ya-SHIR yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RAH ha-ZOT a-LI ve-ER e-NU-LAH
Exegesis
The following imperative enu {עֱנוּ | ʿănû} ‘sing/respond’ takes lah {לָהּ | lāh} ‘to her’ as an indirect object, extending the appeal. These parallel imperatives form a poetic refrain emphasizing the well’s life-giving function and the community’s celebratory response. The translation retains the imperative mood and parallel structure to preserve the original exclamatory force.
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-hayin-nun-heh
“answer/respond, sing”
In context — Numbers 21:17
Then Israel sang this song, “Spring up, O well ; sing to her !”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:17, so the Hebrew word עֱנוּ־לָֽהּ׃ (enulah) 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.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.17.W8.S1) and character.