Numbers 22:37:12Num.22.37.W12TAB

הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם

haumnam

Is it indeed

Transliteration
ha-um-NAM
Extended
hah-oom-NAHM
IPA
/ha.ʔumˈnam/

Meaning by language

English
Is it indeed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַֽ + אֻמְ + נָ֔ם
ha + um + nam
haumnam

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-um-NAM

  2. clause

    ha-um-NAM LO u-KHAL kab-be-DE-kha

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM ha-LO sha-LO-akh sha-lakh-TI e-lei-KHA lik-RO-lakh la-MAH lo-ha-lakh-TA e-LAI ha-um-NAM LO u-KHAL kab-be-DE-kha

Exegesis

The rare particle haʾummān {הַאֻמְנָ֔ם | haʾummān} ‘truly’ underscores surprise, and the negative interrogative lo ʾūḵal kabdĕḵā ‘am I not able to honor you?’ highlights the expectation of reward.

In contextNumbers 22:37

And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not surely send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Indeed, am I not able to honor you?”

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:37:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 22:37, so the Hebrew word הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם (haumnam) 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.22.37.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.37.W12.S1) and character.