Numbers 21:24:11Num.21.24.W11TAB
עַ֔ז
az
“strong”
- Transliteration
- AZ
- Extended
- AHZ
- IPA
- /ʕaz/
Meaning by language
- English
- strong
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
AZ
- phraseyour reading level
KI AZ
- clause
va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
- sentence
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
The causal clause ki az gevul benei-ammon {כִּ֣י עַ֔ז גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן | kî ʿaz gəvul bə-nê‒ʿammōn} ‘for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong’ explains why Israel’s advance did not proceed beyond this fortified boundary.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-zayin–zayin–zayin
“strong, mighty”
In context — Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 21:24, so the Hebrew word עַ֔ז (az) 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.21.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.24.W11.S1) and character.