Numbers 24:3:11Num.24.3.W11TAB
הָעָֽיִן׃
haaiin
“eye is closed”
- Transliteration
- ha-AI-in
- Extended
- hah-AA-yeen
- IPA
- /haˈʕajin/
Meaning by language
- English
- eye is closed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-AI-in
- phraseyour reading level
she-TUM ha-AI-in
- clause
ne-UM bil-AM be-NO be-OR u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver she-TUM ha-AI-in
- 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-in
Exegesis
The nominal phrase hagever shtum haayin {הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הָעַיִן | haggĕḇer šĕtûm hā’āyin} literally reads “the man whose eye is shut” but idiomatically means “the man whose eye is opened,” conveying clear prophetic vision within a balanced rhetorical frame.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-nayin–yod–nun
“eye, fountain”
In context — Numbers 24:3
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “The utterance of Balaam son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eye is opened .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 24:3, so the Hebrew word הָעָֽיִן׃ (haaiin) 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.24.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.3.W11.S1) and character.