Numbers 21:28:3Num.21.28.W3TAB
מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן
mehkheshbon
“from Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- meh-khesh-BON
- Extended
- meh-khesh-BOHN
- IPA
- /meːxeʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Heshbon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
meh-khesh-BON
- phraseyour reading level
ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON
- clause
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON
- sentence
kee-ESH ya-tse-AH meh-khesh-BON le-ha-VAH mi-kir-YAT see-HON akh-LAH AR mo-AV ba-a-LEI ba-MOT ar-NON
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases min-heshbon {מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן | min-ḥešbôn} and min-qiryat {מִקִּרְיַ֣ת | mīn-qiryāt} underscore the origin of action.
Root and etymology
RootḤ-Sh-B
“to think, plan”
In context — Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:28, so the Hebrew word מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן (mehkheshbon) 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.21.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.28.W3.S1) and character.