Numbers 22:13:10Num.22.13.W10TAB
מֵאֵ֣ן
meen
“has refused”
- Transliteration
- me-EN
- Extended
- meh-EEN
- IPA
- /meˈʔen/
Meaning by language
- English
- has refused
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-EN
- phraseyour reading level
me-EN Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki precedes meʾen {מֵאֵן | mēʾēn} ‘he has refused’, highlighting divine agency.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ן
“to refuse, reject”
In context — Numbers 22:13
And Balaam arose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵ֣ן (meen) 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.22.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W10.S1) and character.