Numbers 23:13:12Num.23.13.W12TAB
קָצֵ֣הוּ
katsehu
“its edge”
- Transliteration
- ka-TSE-hu
- Extended
- kaa-TSEH-hoo
- IPA
- /qaˈtseh.uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its edge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TSE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ka-TSE-hu tir-EH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV ba-LAK lekh-le-KHA-NA it-TI el-ma-KOM a-KHER a-SHER tir-e-NU mi-SHAM E-fes ka-TSE-hu tir-EH ve-khul-LO LO tir-EH ve-kov-NO-li mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The adverb efes {אֶ֚פֶס | ʾepes} ‘only’ coupled with katsehu {קָצֵ֣הוּ | qāṣēhû} ‘its edge’ emphasizes restriction.
Root and etymology
q-ṣ-hqof-ṣade-het
“edge, extremity”
In context — Numbers 23:13
And Balak said to him, “Go, please, with me to another place , where you will see it from there. Only its edge you will see; you will not see all of it. And curse it for me from there.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 23:13, so the Hebrew word קָצֵ֣הוּ (katsehu) 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.23.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.13.W12.S1) and character.