Numbers 24:15:10Num.24.15.W10TAB
שְׁתֻ֥ם
shetum
“whose”
- Transliteration
- she-TUM
- Extended
- sheh-TOOM
- IPA
- /ʃəˈtum/
Meaning by language
- English
- whose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-TUM
- phraseyour reading level
she-TUM ha-AI-yin
- clause
ne-UM bil-AM be-NO be-OR u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver she-TUM ha-AI-yin
- sentence
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR ne-UM bil-AM be-NO be-OR u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver she-TUM ha-AI-yin
Exegesis
The phrase shetum haayin {שְׁתֻ֥ם הָעָֽיִן | šetum hāʿayin}, literally “sealed eye,” combines a Qal passive participle with an absolute noun to express an idiom of visionary revelation. The formal translation retains these syntactic parallels and literal images, while the dynamic version renders the idiom into natural English and highlights the act of delivering a divinely inspired declaration.
Root and etymology
sh-t-mshin–tav–mem
“to shut up”
In context — Numbers 24:15
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eye is opened.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 24:15, so the Hebrew word שְׁתֻ֥ם (shetum) 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.24.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.15.W10.S1) and character.