Numbers 32:3:5Num.32.3.W5TAB
וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן
vekheshbon
“and Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- ve-khesh-BON
- Extended
- veh-khesh-BOHN
- IPA
- /vɛħɛʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Heshbon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khesh-BON
- clause
a-ta-ROT ve-di-VON ve-ya-AZER ve-nim-RA ve-khesh-BON ve-el-a-LEH
- sentence
a-ta-ROT ve-di-VON ve-ya-AZER ve-nim-RA ve-khesh-BON ve-el-a-LEH u-se-VAM u-ne-VO u-ve-ON
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-š-b
“to calculate”
In context — Numbers 32:3
Ataroth , Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon , Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 32:3, so the Hebrew word וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן (vekheshbon) 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.32.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.3.W5.S1) and character.