Numbers 24:17:1Num.24.17.W1TAB

אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙

erenu

“I shall see him”

Transliteration: er-e-NU
Extended: ehr-eh-NUU
IPA: /ʔɛr.ʔeːˈnuː/

Meaning by language

English: I shall see him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶ + רְאֶ֙ + נּוּ֙

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e + re + nu

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erenu

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Nun	n as in new
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
er-e-NU
clause
er-e-NU ve-LO a-TA a-shu-re-NU ve-LO ka-ROV
sentence
er-e-NU ve-LO a-TA a-shu-re-NU ve-LO ka-ROV da-RACH ko-KHAV mi-ya-a-KOV ve-KAM SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL u-ma-CHATs pa-a-TEI mo-AV ve-kar-KAR kol-be-NEI-SHET

Exegesis

The verse begins with synonymous parallelism pairing erennu {אֶרְאֶנּוּ | ʾer-ən-nū} ‘I shall see him’ and ashurennu {אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ | ʾa-šūr-ən-nū} ‘I shall behold him’, each negated by velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ with contrasting adverbs atta {עַתָּה | ʿat-tā} ‘now’ and qarov {קָרֹב | qā-rōv} ‘near’, heightening the sense of delayed fulfillment.

In context — Numbers 24:17

I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near. A star will proceed from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the corners of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:17, so the Hebrew word אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ (erenu) 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.24.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.17.W1.S1) and character.

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