Numbers 22:18:19Num.22.18.W19TAB
קְטַנָּ֖ה
ketanah
“a small thing”
- Transliteration
- ke-ta-NAH
- Extended
- keh-ta-NAH
- IPA
- /qətaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a small thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-ta-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT ke-ta-NAH
- clause
LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI la-a-SOT ke-ta-NAH O ge-do-LAH
- sentence
va-YA-an bil-AM va-yo-MER el-av-DEI ba-LAK im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO vei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI la-a-SOT ke-ta-NAH O ge-do-LAH
Exegesis
The merism qə·ṭan·nā ʾō ḡə·dō·lā {קְטַנָּה אוֹ גְדוֹלָה | qə·ṭan·nā ʾō ḡə·dō·lā} ‘small or great’ expresses total scope. These structures guided the choice to maintain legal weight in the formal text and convey idiomatic clarity in the dynamic version.
In context — Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me the fullness of his house, silver and gold, I could not transgress the command of the LORD my God to do the smallest or the greatest.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:18:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Numbers 22:18, so the Hebrew word קְטַנָּ֖ה (ketanah) 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.22.18.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.18.W19.S1) and character.