Numbers 25:11:6Num.25.11.W6TAB
אֶת־חֲמָתִ֔י
etkhamati
“my wrath”
- Transliteration
- et-kha-ma-TI
- Extended
- eht-khah-mah-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔet.ħa.maˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-kha-ma-TI
- phraseyour reading level
he-SHIV et-kha-ma-TI
- clause
pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN he-SHIV et-kha-ma-TI me-AL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN he-SHIV et-kha-ma-TI me-AL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL be-kan-O et-kin-a-TI be-to-KHAM ve-LO-ki-li-TI et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL be-kin-a-TI
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} introduces chamati {חֲמָתִי | ḥă-mā-ṯî} ‘my wrath,’ followed by the clause me-al bene Israel {מֵעַל בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | me-ʿāl bə-nē Yīs-rā-ʼēl} ‘from upon the sons of Israel.’
Root and etymology
aleph-tavʾ-t
“marking direct object”
In context — Numbers 25:11
Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, turned back my wrath from the sons of Israel, because he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my zeal.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 25:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חֲמָתִ֔י (etkhamati) 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.25.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.11.W6.S1) and character.