Numbers 21:2:11Num.21.2.W11TAB
וְהֽ͏ַחֲרַמְתִּ֖י
vakharamti
“then I will devote to destruction”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-ram-TI
- Extended
- vah-khah-rahm-TEE
- IPA
- /vaxaˈramti/
Meaning by language
- English
- then I will devote to destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-ram-TI
- clause
im-na-TON ti-TEN et-ha-AM ha-ZEH be-ya-DI va-kha-ram-TI et-a-rei-HEM
- sentence
va-yid-DAR yis-ra-EL NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR im-na-TON ti-TEN et-ha-AM ha-ZEH be-ya-DI va-kha-ram-TI et-a-rei-HEM
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect ve-ḥăramtî {וְהֽ͏ַחֲרַמְתִּ֖י | və-ḥăramtî} ‘and I will devote to destruction’ shows consecration by annihilation, with ʾet-ʿārêhem {אֶת־עָרֵיהֶֽם | ʾet-ʿārêhem} ‘their cities’ as the ban’s target. This structure highlights the irrevocable military vow.
In context — Numbers 21:2
And Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will surely give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְהֽ͏ַחֲרַמְתִּ֖י (vakharamti) 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.21.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.2.W11.S1) and character.