Numbers 24:18:9Num.24.18.W9TAB
עֹ֥שֶׂה
oseh
“is doing”
- Transliteration
- o-SEH
- Extended
- oh-SEH
- IPA
- /ʕoˈse/
Meaning by language
- English
- is doing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-SEH
- phraseyour reading level
o-SEH KHA-yil
- clause
ve-yis-ra-EL o-SEH KHA-yil
- sentence
ve-ha-YA e-DOM ye-re-SHA ve-ha-YA ye-re-SHA se-IR oi-ve-VAV ve-yis-ra-EL o-SEH KHA-yil
Exegesis
The coordinating vav in veyisrael {וְיִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-yis-rā-ʾēl} leads into a participle clause with oseh chayil {עֹשֶׂה חָיִל | ʿō-śeh ḥă-yîl} ‘doing strength’, spotlighting Israel’s active might in contrast to passive downfall. The translation balances these syntactic features by contrasting passive fate for Edom and Seir with active agency for Israel.
In context — Numbers 24:18
And Edom will become a possession , and Seir will become a possession; but Israel will accomplish valor .
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 24:18, so the Hebrew word עֹ֥שֶׂה (oseh) 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.24.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.18.W9.S1) and character.