Numbers 21:18:8Num.21.18.W8TAB
בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם
bemishanotam
“and with their staffs”
- Transliteration
- be-mish-a-no-TAM
- Extended
- beh-mish-ah-noh-TAM
- IPA
- /bəmiʃʕaˈnoːtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with their staffs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-mish-a-no-TAM
- clause
be-ER kha-fa-RU-ha sa-REEM ka-RU-ha ne-dee-VEI ha-AM bim-kho-KEK be-mish-a-no-TAM
- sentence
be-ER kha-fa-RU-ha sa-REEM ka-RU-ha ne-dee-VEI ha-AM bim-kho-KEK be-mish-a-no-TAM u-mim-mid-BAR ma-ta-NAH
Exegesis
The instrumental phrase bimchokeq {בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק | bᵊ-mḥō-qēq} ‘with the scepter’ and bemishanotam {בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם | bᵊ-mi-ša-ʿā-nō-tām} ‘with their staffs’ marks the implements used.
In context — Numbers 21:18
The well that the princes dug and that the nobles of the people bored out with the scepter and with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:18, so the Hebrew word בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם (bemishanotam) 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.21.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.18.W8.S1) and character.