Numbers 32:5:2Num.32.5.W2TAB
אִם־מָצָ֤אנוּ
immatsanu
“if we have found”
- Transliteration
- im-ma-tsa-NU
- Extended
- ihm-maa-tsaa-NU
- IPA
- /ʔim.maːtsaˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if we have found
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ma-tsa-NU
- phraseyour reading level
im-ma-tsa-NU KHEN
- clause
va-yo-OM-ru im-ma-tsa-NU KHEN be-ei-NE-kha yu-TAN et-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT la-a-va-DE-kha la-a-khu-ZA
- sentence
va-yo-OM-ru im-ma-tsa-NU KHEN be-ei-NE-kha yu-TAN et-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT la-a-va-DE-kha la-a-khu-ZA al-ta-a-vi-RE-nu et-ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The conditional ʾim {אִם־ | ʾim} plus perfect form māṣānū of matzanu {מָצָ֤אנוּ | māṣānū} expresses a polite petition.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-ʾmem-tsade-aleph
“to find, encounter”
In context — Numbers 32:5
And they said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession . Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:5, so the Hebrew word אִם־מָצָ֤אנוּ (immatsanu) 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.32.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.5.W2.S1) and character.