Numbers 23:14:5Num.23.14.W5TAB
הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה
hapisgah
“of Pisgah”
- Transliteration
- ha-pis-GAH
- Extended
- hah-pis-GAAH
- IPA
- /hap.isˈgaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Pisgah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-pis-GAH
- clause
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH
- sentence
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The directional prepositional clause el rosh ha-pisgah {אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה | ʾel rōš happis·gāh} specifies movement “to the summit of Pisgah.” Subsequent vav-consecutive verbs vayiven “and he built” and vayaal “and he offered” denote a sequence of ritual actions.
In context — Numbers 23:14
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה (hapisgah) 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.23.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W5.S1) and character.