Numbers 21:6:5Num.21.6.W5TAB
הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים
hannekhashim
“the serpents”
- Transliteration
- han-ne-kha-SHIM
- Extended
- han-neh-kha-SHEEM
- IPA
- /han.nəχaˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the serpents
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
han-ne-kha-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM
- clause
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM
- sentence
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM va-ya-MAT am-RAV mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The noun phrase ha-nehashim ha-serapim {הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים | han-nə-ḥā-šîm ha-śə-rā-pîm} ‘the fiery serpents’ couples identity with nature.
Root and etymology
“serpent”
In context — Numbers 21:6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many Israelites died .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:6, so the Hebrew word הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים (hannekhashim) 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.21.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.6.W5.S1) and character.