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

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Result
קִ + נֵּא
ki + ne
kine

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-NE

  2. 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 contextNumbers 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.