Numbers 21:3:9Num.21.3.W9TAB
וְאֶת־עָרֵיהֶ֑ם
veetarehem
“and their cities”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-a-re-HEM
- Extended
- veh-EET-a-ray-HEHM
- IPA
- /və.ʔeːt.ʕaːreˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their cities
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-a-re-HEM
- clause
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM
- sentence
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
In context — Numbers 21:3
And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and He gave the Canaanite into their hand; and He utterly destroyed them and their cities; and He called the place Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־עָרֵיהֶ֑ם (veetarehem) 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.21.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.3.W9.S1) and character.