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

Result
הַֽ + הַסְ + כֵּ֣ן
ha + has + ken
hahasken

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Samekhs as in sit
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-has-KEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-has-KEN his-kan-TI

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.