Numbers 32:41:7Num.32.41.W7TAB
אֶתְהֶ֖ן
ethen
“them”
- Transliteration
- et-HEN
- Extended
- EET-HEN
- IPA
- /ʔetˈhen/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA et-HEN
- clause
va-yik-RA et-HEN kha-VOT ya-IR
- 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.
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 32:41:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 32:41, so the Hebrew word אֶתְהֶ֖ן (ethen) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.41.W7.S1) and character.