Numbers 22:30:12Num.22.30.W12TAB
הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן
hahasken
“have I been accustomed”
- Transliteration
- ha-has-KEN
- Extended
- hah-hahs-KEN
- IPA
- /hah.hasˈken/
Meaning by language
- English
- have I been accustomed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-has-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI
- clause
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO
- sentence
va-to-MER ha-a-TON el-bil-AM ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA a-sher-ra-KHAV-ta a-LAI me-od-KHA ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI la-a-SOT le-KHA KO va-yo-MER LO
Exegesis
The intensification arises from the Hiphil infinitive absolute and perfect pair hahasken {הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן | ha·haś·kên} hiskanti {הִסְכַּ֔נְתִּי | his·kan·tî} ‘was I ever accustomed…have I been accustomed’.
Root and etymology
samekh–kaf–nun
“to be accustomed, practice”
In context — Numbers 22:30
And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey , which you have ridden upon me from your beginnings until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do thus for you?” And he said, “No.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן (hahasken) 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.22.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W12.S1) and character.