Numbers 21:30:3Num.21.30.W3TAB
חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן
kheshbon
“Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- khesh-BON
- Extended
- khehsh-BOHN
- IPA
- /ħɛʃˈboːn/
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
a-VAD khesh-BON
- clause
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von
- sentence
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von va-na-SHIM ad-NO-fakh a-SHER ad-MEID-va
Root and etymology
RootḤ-Sh-B
“to think, plan”
In context — Numbers 21:30
And we overthrew them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we laid waste as far as Nophah; and fire spread as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:30, so the Hebrew word חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן (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.21.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.30.W3.S1) and character.