Numbers 32:17:2Num.32.17.W2TAB

נֵחָלֵ֣ץ

nechalets

will go out armed

Transliteration
ne-cha-LETS
Extended
neh-cha-LEHTS
IPA
/neħaˈlets/

Meaning by language

English
will go out armed

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Result
נֵ + חָ + לֵ֣ץ
ne + cha + lets
nechalets

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-cha-LETS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ne-cha-LETS khu-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-a-NACH-nu ne-cha-LETS khu-SHIM lif-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL AD a-SHER im-ha-vi-O-num el-me-ko-MAM

  4. sentence

    va-a-NACH-nu ne-cha-LETS khu-SHIM lif-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL AD a-SHER im-ha-vi-O-num el-me-ko-MAM ve-ya-SHAV ta-PE-nu be-a-REI ha-miv-TSAR mi-pne yo-shvei ha-A-retz

Exegesis

The niphal imperfect in nēḥālēṣ {נֵחָלֵ֣ץ | nēḥālêṣ} expresses self-arming for engagement, modified by the intensive adverb ḥûšîm {חֻשִׁ֗ים | ḥûšîm} ‘hastily’.

Root and etymology

Rootheh-lamed-tsade

draw out

In contextNumbers 32:17

We will arm ourselves in haste before the sons of Israel until we bring them to their place, and our dependents will live in the fortified cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.

About this coordinate

Numbers 32:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:17, so the Hebrew word נֵחָלֵ֣ץ (nechalets) 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.32.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.17.W2.S1) and character.