Numbers 21:9:3Num.21.9.W3TAB
נְחַ֣שׁ
nekhash
“a serpent”
- Transliteration
- ne-KHASH
- Extended
- neh-KHASH
- IPA
- /nəˈxaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a serpent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ne-KHASH
- phraseyour reading level
ne-KHASH ne-KHO-shet
- clause
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ne-KHASH ne-KHO-shet va-yi-si-ME-hu al-ha-NES
- 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 construct chain nəḥaš nəḥōšet {נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת | nə-ḥaš nə-ḥō-šet} ‘serpent of bronze’ tightly links material and form.
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 21:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:9, so the Hebrew word נְחַ֣שׁ (nekhash) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.9.W3.S1) and character.