Numbers 25:13:10Num.25.13.W10TAB
קִנֵּא
kine
“he was zealous”
- Transliteration
- ki-NE
- Extended
- kih-NEE
- IPA
- /kiˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was zealous
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ki-NE
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Kinne {קִנֵּא֙ | qin-nēʼ} ‘he was zealous’ linked with leʼelohaiv {לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו | lē-’ē-lō-hā-yō} ‘for his God’ highlights fervent devotion.
Root and etymology
ק־נ־א
“zeal, jealousy, passion”
In context — Numbers 25:13
And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word קִנֵּא (kine) 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.25.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W10.S1) and character.