Numbers 23:7:5Num.23.7.W5TAB
יַנְחֵ֨נִי
yankheni
“has brought me”
- Transliteration
- yan-khe-NI
- Extended
- yan-kheh-NEE
- IPA
- /janxeˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has brought me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
yan-khe-NI
- phraseyour reading level
yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av
- clause
min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Yanḥēnî {יַנְחֵ֨נִי | yanḥēnî} ‘he has led me’ underscores Balak’s agency.
In context — Numbers 23:7
Then he lifted up his oracle and said, “Balak the king of Moab has led me from Aram from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word יַנְחֵ֨נִי (yankheni) 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.23.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W5.S1) and character.