Numbers 21:29:7Num.21.29.W7TAB
פְּלֵיטִם֙
pletim
“as fugitives”
- Transliteration
- ple-TIM
- Extended
- pleh-TEEM
- IPA
- /plɛˈtim/
Meaning by language
- English
- as fugitives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ple-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM
- clause
na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
- sentence
OY-le-KHA mo-AV a-vad-TA am-ke-MOSH na-TAN ba-NAV ple-TIM u-ve-no-TAV ba-she-VIT le-MELEKH e-mo-RI si-HON
Exegesis
The objects pletim {פְּלֵיטִם | pə-lê-tîm} ‘fugitives’ and the prepositional phrase bashshevit {בַּשְׁבִית | baš-šîyt} ‘into captivity’ frame the fate of the people.
Root and etymology
פ־ל־ט
“to escape, deliver”
In context — Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh ; he has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:29, so the Hebrew word פְּלֵיטִם֙ (pletim) 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.21.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.29.W7.S1) and character.