Numbers 21:8:9Num.21.8.W9TAB
עַל־נֵ֑
alnes
“on a pole”
- Transliteration
- al-NES
- Extended
- ahl-NEHS
- IPA
- /ʕalˈneːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- on a pole
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-NES
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES ve-ha-YA kol-ha-NA-shukh ve-ra-AH o-TO va-KHAI
Exegesis
The noun saraf {שָׂרָף | sā-rāp̄} designates the venomous creature, and vesim oto al-nes {וְשִׂם אֹתוֹ עַל־נֵס | wə-sîm ʾō-tô ʿal nēs} places it on a raised standard for visible display.
In context — Numbers 21:8
And the LORD said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten looks at it and lives.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־נֵ֑ (alnes) 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.21.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.8.W9.S1) and character.