Numbers 21:27:7Num.21.27.W7TAB
וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן
vetikonen
“and let it be established”
- Transliteration
- ve-ti-ko-NEN
- Extended
- veh-tee-koh-NEN
- IPA
- /vətiˈkoːnen/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let it be established
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ti-ko-NEN
- phraseyour reading level
ti-va-NEH ve-ti-ko-NEN
- clause
ti-va-NEH ve-ti-ko-NEN EER see-KHON
- 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}.
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 21:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:27, so the Hebrew word וְתִכּוֹנֵ֖ן (vetikonen) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.27.W7.S1) and character.