Numbers 21:34:4Num.21.34.W4TAB
אַל־תִּירָ֣א
altira
“Do not fear”
- Transliteration
- al-ti-RA
- Extended
- AHL-tee-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔal.tiːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Do not fear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ti-RA
- phraseyour reading level
al-ti-RA o-TO
- clause
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH al-ti-RA o-TO KI ve-yad-KHA na-ta-TI o-TO ve-ET-KOL-am-MO ve-ET-art-SO
- sentence
va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH al-ti-RA o-TO KI ve-yad-KHA na-ta-TI o-TO ve-ET-KOL-am-MO ve-ET-art-SO ve-a-si-TA LO ka-a-SHER a-si-TA le-si-CHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER yo-SHEV be-khesh-BON
Exegesis
The command al-tira {אַל־תִּירָ֣א | ʾal-tîrāʾ} uses a Qal imperfect with a negative particle to form an assurance formula.
Root and etymology
י-ר-א
“to fear”
In context — Numbers 21:34
And the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand along with all his people and his land. And you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon , king of the Amorites, who dwells in Heshbon.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:34, so the Hebrew word אַל־תִּירָ֣א (altira) 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.21.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.34.W4.S1) and character.