Numbers 21:7:13Num.21.7.W13TAB
אֶת־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ
ethanakhash
“the serpent{s}”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-na-KHASH
- Extended
- EET-hah-naa-KHASH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.hanˈnaːħaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the serpent{s}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-na-KHASH
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-MO-she va-yo-MRU kha-ta-NU ki-dib-BAR-nu va-ye-ho-VAH va-VAkh hit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ya-SER mei-a-LEI-nu et-ha-na-KHASH
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-MO-she va-yo-MRU kha-ta-NU ki-dib-BAR-nu va-ye-ho-VAH va-VAkh hit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ya-SER mei-a-LEI-nu et-ha-na-KHASH va-yit-pa-LEL MO-she be-AD ha-AM
Exegesis
Wə-yāśēr {וְיָסֵר | wayyāśēr} ‘and may He remove’ is Hiphil imperfect, requesting divine action upon ʾet-hannāḥāš {אֶת־הַנָּחָשׁ | ʾet-hannāḥāš} ‘the serpent’.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-šnun-chet-shin
“snake, serpent”
In context — Numbers 21:7
And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned because we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that He may remove the serpent from upon us.” And Moses prayed on behalf of the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ (ethanakhash) 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.21.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.7.W13.S1) and character.