Numbers 21:9:6Num.21.9.W6TAB
עַל־הַנֵּ֑
alhanes
“on the pole”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-NES
- Extended
- ahl-hah-NES
- IPA
- /ʕal.hanˈneːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the pole
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-NES
- 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 spatial phrase ʿal han-nēs {עַל־הַנֵּס | ʿal han-nēs} ‘upon the pole’ marks position through prepositional attachment.
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 21:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 21:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַנֵּ֑ (alhanes) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.9.W6.S1) and character.