Numbers 22:32:14Num.22.32.W14TAB
לְשָׂטָ֔ן
lesatan
“as an adversary”
- Transliteration
- le-sa-TAN
- Extended
- leh-sah-TAAN
- IPA
- /ləsɑˈtan/
Meaning by language
- English
- as an adversary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-sa-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN
- clause
hi-NEH a-no-KHI ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh le-neg-DI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-MAH hi-KI-ta et-a-to-NKHA ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM hi-NEH a-no-KHI ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh le-neg-DI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lĕšāṭān {לְשָׂטָ֔ן | lĕšāṭān} ‘as an adversary’ uses the noun satan in a functional sense.
Root and etymology
s-t-nsin-tet-nun
“to oppose”
In context — Numbers 22:32
The angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because the way has become perverse before me.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:32:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 22:32, so the Hebrew word לְשָׂטָ֔ן (lesatan) 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.22.32.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.32.W14.S1) and character.