Numbers 32:41:5Num.32.41.W5TAB
אֶת־חַוֺּתֵיהֶ֑ם
etkhavoteihem
“the villages of them”
- Transliteration
- et-kha-vo-TEI-hem
- Extended
- EET-khah-voh-TEI-hem
- IPA
- /ʔet.xav.voːˈteːhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the villages of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-kha-vo-TEI-hem
- clause
ve-ya-IR ben-me-na-SHEH ha-LAKH va-yil-KOD et-kha-vo-TEI-hem
- sentence
ve-ya-IR ben-me-na-SHEH ha-LAKH va-yil-KOD et-kha-vo-TEI-hem va-yik-RA et-HEN kha-VOT ya-IR
Exegesis
The construct noun khavvoteyhem {חַוֺּתֵיהֶם | ḥăv-wō-ṯē-hem} ‘their villages’ with pronominal suffix functions as the object of capture, while the particle ethen {אֶתְהֶן | ʾet-hen} ‘them’ introduces the feminine plural object of naming.
The appositional accusative khavvot yair {חַוֺּת יָאִיר | ḥăv-wō-ṯ yā-ʼîr} ‘villages of Jair’ assigns a toponym. This concise Hebrew narrative relies on construct chains and vav-consecutive sequencing to convey rapid action, lineage, and place-naming, which the English translation mirrors by preserving conjunctions and rendering possessive and appositional relations explicitly.
Root and etymology
Root
“villages”
In context — Numbers 32:41
And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and captured their villages , and he called them villages of Jair .
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:41:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 32:41, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חַוֺּתֵיהֶ֑ם (etkhavoteihem) 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.32.41.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.41.W5.S1) and character.