Numbers 23:9:5Num.23.9.W5TAB
אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ
ashurenu
“I behold him”
- Transliteration
- a-shu-RE-NU
- Extended
- a-shu-REH-NUU
- IPA
- /ʔa.ʃuˈreː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I behold him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-shu-RE-NU
- clause
kee-me-ROSH tsu-REEM er-e-NU u-mig-ge-va-OT a-shu-RE-NU
- sentence
kee-me-ROSH tsu-REEM er-e-NU u-mig-ge-va-OT a-shu-RE-NU hen-AM le-va-DAD yish-KON u-va-go-YIM LO yit-cha-SHAV
Exegesis
The paired verbs er’ennu {אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ | ʾerʾēnû} “I see him” and ashurenu {אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ | ʾăšûrenû} “I behold him,” both Qal imperfects with first person singular subject and third person masculine singular suffix, convey the speaker’s prophetic survey from multiple elevations.
In context — Numbers 23:9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him; behold, a people who dwells alone and is not reckoned among the nations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 23:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ (ashurenu) 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.23.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.9.W5.S1) and character.