Numbers 23:24:11Num.23.24.W11TAB
יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
yishteh
“it drinks”
- Transliteration
- yish-TEH
- Extended
- yish-TEH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- it drinks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-TEH
- clause
LO yish-KAV ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref ve-DAM-kha-la-LIM yish-TEH
- sentence
hen-AM ke-la-VI ya-KUM ve-ka-a-RI yit-na-SA LO yish-KAV ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref ve-DAM-kha-la-LIM yish-TEH
Exegesis
The coordinated verb yišteh {יִשְׁתֶּה | yiš-têh} ‘he will drink’ completes the climactic sequence with the noun dam-ḥălālîm {דַם־חֲלָלִים | ḏam-ḥa-lā-lîm} ‘blood of the slain’ in construct. In English, the Hebrew imperfect aspect is rendered with future or modal expressions (‘rises’, ‘stands’, ‘does not rest’) to convey continuous or resolute action. The preservation of parallel verb forms and similes maintains the original emphasis on unwavering strength.
In context — Numbers 23:24
Behold, a people rises like a lion and lifts itself up like a lion; it will not lie down until it eats prey and drinks the blood of the slain .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:24, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (yishteh) 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.23.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.24.W11.S1) and character.