Numbers 26:10:16Num.26.10.W16TAB
לְנֵס׃
lenes
“a warning”
- Transliteration
- le-NES
- Extended
- leh-NEES
- IPA
- /ləˈneːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- a warning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-NES
- sentence
va-tif-TAKH ha-A-retz et-PI-ha va-tiv-LA o-TAM ve-ET-KO-rakh be-MOT ha-e-DA be-akh-LAM ha-ESH ET kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM a-na-SHIM va-yi-HYU le-NES
Exegesis
The resultant clause lenes {לְנֵֽס | lə-nēs} ‘as a sign’ introduces the outcome, prompting its translation as an instrument of warning.
Root and etymology
נ־ס־ס
“sign, standard”
In context — Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah when the assembly died, and as the fire consumed the 250 men, and they became a sign .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 26:10, so the Hebrew word לְנֵס׃ (lenes) 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.26.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.10.W16.S1) and character.