Numbers 22:30:6Num.22.30.W6TAB
אֲתֹֽנְךָ֜
atonkha
“your donkey”
- Transliteration
- a-ton-KHA
- Extended
- ah-ton-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʔa.toˈnəxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your donkey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-ton-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO a-no-KHI a-ton-KHA
- 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 interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא֩ | hă·lōʾ} ‘is it not’ forms a rhetorical question, foregrounded by anokhi {אָנֹכִ֨י | ʾā·nō·ḵî} ‘I’ and atonkha {אֲתֹֽנְךָ֜ | ʾă·ṯōn·ḵā} ‘your donkey’.
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 22:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:30, so the Hebrew word אֲתֹֽנְךָ֜ (atonkha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.30.W6.S1) and character.