Numbers 22:6:11Num.22.6.W11TAB

נַכֶּה־בּ֔וֹ

nakehbo

to strike him

Transliteration
na-KEH-BO
Extended
nah-KEH-BOH
IPA
/nakˈkeː.bo/

Meaning by language

English
to strike him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נַ + כֶּהבּ֔ + וֹ
na + keh + bo
nakehbo

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-KEH-BO

  2. clause

    ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz

  3. sentence

    ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR

Exegesis

The modal particle ulai {אוּלַי | ʾū-lay} ‘perhaps’ leads into the cohortative nakkeh {נַכֶּה־ | na-ḵêh} ‘let us strike’ and the vav consecutive vaagarshennu {וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ | wā-’ă-ḡār-šehn-nū} ‘I will drive him out’.

In contextNumbers 22:6

And now, please go curse these people for me, because they are mightier than I; perhaps I shall strike them and drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed .

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word נַכֶּה־בּ֔וֹ (nakehbo) 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.22.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W11.S1) and character.