Numbers 25:17:2Num.25.17.W2TAB

אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים

ethammidyaneem

“the Midianites”

Transliteration: et-ham-mid-ya-NEEM
Extended: EHT-hah-meed-ya-NEEM
IPA: /ʔet.ham.mid.jaˈnim/

Meaning by language

English: the Midianites

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶת + הַמ + מִּדְ + יָ + נִ֑ים

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et + ham + mid + ya + neem

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ethammidyaneem

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Mem	m as in mother
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Dalet	d as in door
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Nun	n as in new
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
et-ham-mid-ya-NEEM
clause
tsa-ROHR et-ham-mid-ya-NEEM
sentence
tsa-ROHR et-ham-mid-ya-NEEM ve-hi-ki-TEM o-TAM

Exegesis

The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} marks the direct object ham-midyanim {הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים | ham-midyānîm} ‘the Midianites’, and the suffix on otam {אוֹתָֽם | ʾōṯām} ‘them’ secures the object reference. This syntactic parallelism creates an escalating command from persistent hostility to final assault.

Root and etymology

aleph-tavʾ-t

“marking direct object”

In context — Numbers 25:17

Harass the Midianites , and you shall strike them.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 25:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים (ethammidyaneem) 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.25.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.17.W2.S1) and character.

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