Numbers 32:8:2Num.32.8.W2TAB
עָשׂ֖וּ
asu
“did”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- aa-SU
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
KOH a-SU
- clause
KOH a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem
- sentence
KOH a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem be-shal-KHI o-TAM mi-ka-DESH bar-NE-a lir-OT ET-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The finite verb asu avoteikhem {עָשׂוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶם | ʿāśû ăvôṯê-kem} emphasizes the actions of “your fathers.”
Root and etymology
ע-ש-ה
“do, make”
In context — Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land .
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:8, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֖וּ (asu) 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.32.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.8.W2.S1) and character.