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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-cha-LETS
- phraseyour reading level
ne-cha-LETS khu-SHIM
- 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
- 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 context — Numbers 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.