Numbers 24:1:15Num.24.1.W15TAB
פָּנָֽיו׃
panav
“his face”
- Transliteration
- pa-NAV
- Extended
- paa-NAV
- IPA
- /paˈnav/
Meaning by language
- English
- his face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-NAV
- clause
va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR pa-NAV
- sentence
va-YAR bil-AM KI TOV be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL ve-LO-ha-LAKH ke-PA-am-be-PA-am lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR pa-NAV
Exegesis
Finally, vayashet el-hammidbar panav {וַיָּשֶׁת אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר פָּנָיו | wă-yā-šeṯ ʾel-ham-mid-bār pā-nāv} uses the idiom “set one’s face” to indicate determined movement toward the wilderness.
Root and etymology
p-n-hpe–nun–he
“face, turn toward”
In context — Numbers 24:1
And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of the LORD to bless Israel, and he did not go as at other times to seek omens , but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 24:1, so the Hebrew word פָּנָֽיו׃ (panav) 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.24.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.1.W15.S1) and character.