Numbers 22:11:6Num.22.11.W6TAB
אֶת־עֵ֣ין
etein
“the face”
- Transliteration
- ET-EIN
- Extended
- EET-EIN
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.ˈʕeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the face
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ET-EIN
- phraseyour reading level
ET-EIN ha-A-retz
- clause
hi-NEH ha-AM ha-yo-TSE mi-mits-RA-yim va-ye-KHAS ET-EIN ha-A-retz
- sentence
hi-NEH ha-AM ha-yo-TSE mi-mits-RA-yim va-ye-KHAS ET-EIN ha-A-retz a-TAH le-KHA ka-VA-li o-TO u-LAI u-KHAL le-hil-LA-khem BO ve-ge-rash-TIV
Exegesis
The idiom wayyekhas ’et-ʿēn hā-’āreṣ {וַיְכַס אֶת־עֵין הָאָרֶץ | wayyekhas ʾet-ʿēn hā-ʾāreṣ} literally “and it covers the eye of the land” conveys a sense of overwhelming extent, with ’ēn functioning as “surface.”
Root and etymology
Rootayin-yod-nun
“eye, surface”
In context — Numbers 22:11
Behold, the people who came out of Egypt cover the face of the land . Now come and curse them for me—perhaps I will be able to fight them and drive them away.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֵ֣ין (etein) 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.22.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.11.W6.S1) and character.