Numbers 32:39:9Num.32.39.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃
asherbah
“who was in it.”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-BAH
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-BAA
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who was in it.
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-BAH
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER-BAH
- clause
va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER-BAH
- sentence
va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH gil-a-DAH va-yil-ke-DU-ha va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER-BAH
Exegesis
The marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} introduces the target group, and the relative clause asher bah {אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ | ʾă·šer bāh} specifies their residence. Although vayyoresh is singular, our translation uses a plural subject to maintain the collective action of Machir’s descendants.
In context — Numbers 32:39
The sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and captured it, and they drove out the Amorites who were there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 32:39, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃ (asherbah) 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.32.39.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.39.W9.S1) and character.