1 Kings 20:17:111 Kgs.20.17.W11TAB
אֲנָשִׁ֕ים
anashim
“men”
- Transliteration
- a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔănaːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- men
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON
- sentence
va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON
Exegesis
This construction leads into the report ʾănāšîm yāṣʾû {אֲנָשִׁים יָצְאוּ | ʾănāšîm yāṣʾû} ‘men have come out’ specifying mî Šomrōn {מִשֹּׁמְרוֹן | mî Šomrōn}. The series of vav-verbs and the construct noun phrase emphasize swift military intelligence gathering and hierarchical relationships.
Root and etymology
n-š-m
“women, wives”
In context — 1 Kings 20:17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they informed him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשִׁ֕ים (anashim) 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 1 Kgs.20.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.17.W11.S1) and character.