Numbers 24:8:5Num.24.8.W5TAB
רְאֵ֖ם
reem
“of a wild ox”
- Transliteration
- re-EM
- Extended
- reh-EEM
- IPA
- /rəˈʔeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a wild ox
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-EM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-to-a-FOT re-EM
- clause
EL mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM lo
- 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 simile kə-tô-ʿa-p̄ōt {כְּתוֹעֲפֹת | kə-tô-ʿa-p̄ōt} ‘like the horns’ with reʾêm {רְאֵם | reʾêm} ‘wild ox’ employs vivid power imagery, and the suffix lō marks possession.
Root and etymology
Rootr-ʾ-m
“wild ox”
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 24:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 24:8, so the Hebrew word רְאֵ֖ם (reem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.8.W5.S1) and character.