Numbers 21:9:12Num.21.9.W12TAB
אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ
elnekhash
“at the serpent”
- Transliteration
- el-ne-KHASH
- Extended
- EHL-neh-KHASH
- IPA
- /ʔel.nəˈxaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the serpent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ne-KHASH
- phraseyour reading level
el-ne-KHASH ha-ne-KHO-shet
- clause
ve-ha-YA im-na-SHAKH ha-na-KHASH et-ISH ve-hi-BIT el-ne-KHASH ha-ne-KHO-shet va-KHAI
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ne-KHASH ne-KHO-shet va-yi-si-ME-hu al-ha-NES ve-ha-YA im-na-SHAKH ha-na-KHASH et-ISH ve-hi-BIT el-ne-KHASH ha-ne-KHO-shet va-KHAI
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect wə-hĭbbīṭ {וְהִבִּ֛יט | wə-hĭbbīṭ} ‘and he looked’ emphasizes intentional gaze, reinforced by the following construct ʾel nəḥaš han-nəḥōšet {אֶל־נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת | ʾel nə-ḥaš han-nə-ḥō-šet} ‘to the bronze serpent’.
Root and etymology
“serpent, snake”
In context — Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of bronze and set it upon the standard ; and it came to pass, if a serpent bit any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent he lived.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 21:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ (elnekhash) 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.21.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.9.W12.S1) and character.