Numbers 24:17:13Num.24.17.W13TAB
וּמָחַץ֙
umachats
“and will crush”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-CHATs
- Extended
- oo-maa-KHATS
- IPA
- /uːmaˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will crush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ma-CHATs
- clause
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
- 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 sequence concludes with umakhatz {וּמָחַץ | u-mā-ḥaṣ} ‘and shall crush’ followed by veqarkar {וְקַרְקַר | wə-qar-qar} ‘and shall break down’, depicting decisive conquest over Moab and kol-benei-shet {כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵׁת | kol-bə-nē-šēt}, with the vav-consecutive chain underscoring progression and inevitability. The Hebrew fronting and perfect-future usage are preserved in English by placing the key nouns early and rendering perfects as future.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-ṣ
“arrow”
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 24:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 24:17, so the Hebrew word וּמָחַץ֙ (umachats) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.17.W13.S1) and character.