Numbers 22:33:9Num.22.33.W9TAB
נָטְתָ֣ה
nattah
“she had turned aside”
- Transliteration
- nat-TAH
- Extended
- naht-TAH
- IPA
- /natˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- she had turned aside
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nat-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
nat-TAH mi-pa-NAI
- clause
u-LAI nat-TAH mi-pa-NAI KI a-TAH gam-ot-KHA ha-rag-TI ve-o-TAH he-khe-yei-TI
- sentence
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM u-LAI nat-TAH mi-pa-NAI KI a-TAH gam-ot-KHA ha-rag-TI ve-o-TAH he-khe-yei-TI
Exegesis
The particle ulai {אוּלַי֙ | ū·lāy} ‘perhaps’ introduces modal uncertainty in the clause with the perfect natetah {נָטְתָ֣ה | nā·ṭa·ṯāh} ‘she had turned aside’.
In context — Numbers 22:33
The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from before me, surely by now I would have killed you, and I would have kept her alive .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:33, so the Hebrew word נָטְתָ֣ה (nattah) 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.22.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.33.W9.S1) and character.