Numbers 24:23:7Num.24.23.W7TAB
מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ
misumo
“when he does it”
- Transliteration
- mi-su-MO
- Extended
- mih-su-MOH
- IPA
- /misˈːumoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when he does it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-su-MO
- phraseyour reading level
mi-su-MO EL
- clause
OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase min + misummo {מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ | mîsûmmō} ’from his appointing’ (a Pual infinitive construct) identifies the divine source of the action.
Root and etymology
s-w-msamekh-vav-mem
“to set, appoint”
In context — Numbers 24:23
And he lifted up his proverb and said, “Alas! Who can live when God does this ?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 24:23, so the Hebrew word מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ (misumo) 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.24.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.23.W7.S1) and character.