Numbers 21:5:6Num.21.5.W6TAB
הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙
heelitunu
“have you brought us up”
- Transliteration
- he-e-li-tu-NU
- Extended
- heh-eh-lee-too-NUU
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʔɛliˈtunu/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you brought us up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-e-li-tu-NU
- phraseyour reading level
la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU
- clause
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Exegesis
The interrogative lā-māh {לָמָה | lā-māh} “why” introduces the direct question, which is realized by the Hiphil perfect hēʾelīṭūnû {הֶעֱלִיתֻנוּ | hēʾ-el-ī-ṭū-nû} “have you brought us up,” with an implied second person subject.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-hayin-lamed-heh
“ascend”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ (heelitunu) 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.21.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W6.S1) and character.