Numbers 21:33:7Num.21.33.W7TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֨ן
melekhhabashan
“king of Bashan”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN
- Extended
- MEH-lekh-hah-baa-SHAAN
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx.habaˈʃaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Bashan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM
- clause
va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-a-LU DE-rekh ha-ba-SHAN va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
Exegesis
A new clause begins with wayyēṣēʾ {וַיֵּצֵא | wayyēṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’, identifying ʿōḡ {עוֹג | ʿōḡ} as subject and meleḵ-habbaššān {מֶלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁן | meleḵ-habbaššān} as his title.
Root and etymology
m-l-kMem, Lamed, Kaf
“king”
In context — Numbers 21:33
And they turned and went up by the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet them, he and all his people, for the battle at Edrei .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:33, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֨ן (melekhhabashan) 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.21.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.33.W7.S1) and character.