Numbers 22:19:8Num.22.19.W8TAB
מַה־יֹּסֵ֥ף
mahyosef
“what further”
- Transliteration
- MAH-yo-SEF
- Extended
- MAH-yoh-SEF
- IPA
- /maˈj.joˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- what further
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MAH-yo-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
MAH-yo-SEF Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-ed-AH MAH-yo-SEF Ye-ho-VAH da-BER i-MI
- sentence
ve-a-TAH she-VOO NA ba-ZEH GAM-a-TEM ha-LAI-la ve-ed-AH MAH-yo-SEF Ye-ho-VAH da-BER i-MI
Exegesis
The maqqef in gam-ʾattēm {גַּם־אַתֶּם | gam-ʾă-tĕm} ‘also you’ and mahyōsēp̄ {מַה־יֹּסֵף | ma-h yō-sêp̄} ‘what he will add’ binds these elements tightly, emphasizing continuity of revelation.
Root and etymology
y-s-pyod-samekh-pe
“to add, increase”
In context — Numbers 22:19
And now, please stay here tonight, and let me know what the LORD will speak to me.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:19, so the Hebrew word מַה־יֹּסֵ֥ף (mahyosef) 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.22.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.19.W8.S1) and character.