Numbers 22:14:7Num.22.14.W7TAB
מֵאֵ֥ן
meen
“refused”
- Transliteration
- me-EN
- Extended
- meh-EEN
- IPA
- /meːˈʔeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 bil-AM
- clause
va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu sa-REI mo-AV va-ya-VO-u el-ba-LAK va-yo-MRU me-EN bil-AM ha-LOKH im-MA-nu
Exegesis
In the reported speech, the perfect verb me’en {מֵאֵ֥ן | mē’ēn} ‘he refused’ with infinitive halokh {הֲלֹ֥ךְ | ha-lōḵ} ‘to go’ expresses categorical refusal, and the prepositional phrase immanu {עִמָּֽנוּ | ʿimmānû} ‘with us’ completes the statement. Hebrew’s direct report without a complementizer produces immediacy that the English preserves by mirroring the verb sequence and infinitive complement.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ן
“to refuse, reject”
In context — Numbers 22:14
So the princes of Moab arose and came to Balak, and they said, “Balaam has refused to go with us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:14, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵ֥ן (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.22.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.14.W7.S1) and character.