Numbers 21:9:8Num.21.9.W8TAB
אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ
imnashakh
“if bit”
- Transliteration
- im-na-SHAKH
- Extended
- ihm-nah-SHAKH
- IPA
- /ʔim.naˈʃaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- if bit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-na-SHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
im-na-SHAKH ha-na-KHASH
- 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 protasis wə-hāyâ ʾim-nāšak {וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ | wə-hā-yâ ʾim-nā-šak} ‘and it came to pass if it bit’ introduces the conditional clause.
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 21:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 21:9, so the Hebrew word אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ (imnashakh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.9.W8.S1) and character.