Numbers 21:27:5Num.21.27.W5TAB
חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן
kheshbon
“Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- khesh-BON
- Extended
- khehsh-BOHN
- IPA
- /χɛʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Heshbon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khesh-BON
- phraseyour reading level
BO-u khesh-BON
- clause
al-KEN yom-RU ha-mosh-LEEM BO-u khesh-BON
- sentence
al-KEN yom-RU ha-mosh-LEEM BO-u khesh-BON ti-va-NEH ve-ti-ko-NEN EER see-KHON
Exegesis
The imperatives bōʾû {בֹּ֣אוּ | bōʾû}, tibbānēh {תִּבָּנֶ֥ה | tibbānēh}, and wə-tiḵônēn {וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן | wə-tiḵônēn} form a successive call to action on ḥešbôn {חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן | ḥešbôn}.
Root and etymology
RootḤ-Sh-B
“to think, plan”
In context — Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs will say, “Come to Heshbon , let it be built; and let the city of Sihon be firmly established.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:27, so the Hebrew word חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן (kheshbon) 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.21.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.27.W5.S1) and character.