Numbers 24:8:10Num.24.8.W10TAB
וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם
veatsmotehem
“and their bones”
- Transliteration
- ve-ats-mo-TE-hem
- Extended
- veh-ats-moh-TEH-hem
- IPA
- /vəʕatsmoˈtehem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their bones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ats-mo-TE-hem
- clause
yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
- sentence
EL mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM lo yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect ye-gā-rēm {יְגָרֵם | ye-gā-rēm} ‘he will break’ intensifies the action on we-ʿaṣ-mō-tê-hem {וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶם | we-ʿaṣ-mō-tê-hem} ‘their bones’, and the final Qal imperfect yim-ḥāṣ {יִמְחָץ | yim-ḥāṣ} ‘he will smash’ completes the triadic parallelism, heightening the sense of overwhelming victory.
In context — Numbers 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt; horns like those of a wild ox are his. He will devour nations, his adversaries; he will break their bones, and with his arrows he will smash them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 24:8, so the Hebrew word וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם (veatsmotehem) 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.24.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.8.W10.S1) and character.