1 Kings 20:33:21 Kgs.20.33.W2TAB
יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ
yenakhashu
“were divining or watching for an omen”
- Transliteration
- ye-na-kha-SHU
- Extended
- yeh-nah-khah-SHOO
- IPA
- /jənaħăˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were divining or watching for an omen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced '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
ye-na-kha-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ye-na-kha-SHU va-ye-ma-ha-RU
- clause
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ye-na-kha-SHU va-ye-ma-ha-RU va-yakh-le-TU ha-mim-me-NU va-yo-me-RU a-KHI-kha ven-ha-DAD va-YO-mer BO-u ka-KHU-hu
- sentence
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ye-na-kha-SHU va-ye-ma-ha-RU va-yakh-le-TU ha-mim-me-NU va-yo-me-RU a-KHI-kha ven-ha-DAD va-YO-mer BO-u ka-KHU-hu va-ye-TSE e-LAV ben-ha-DAD va-ya-a-LE-hu al-ha-mer-ka-VA
Exegesis
The phrase ve-ha-anashim {וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ | wə-hā-ʾănā-šîm} introduces “and the men” before the Piel imperfect yenachashu {יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ | yĕ-naḥ-ă-šhū}, which brings a sense of interpretive insight.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-šnun–chet–shin
“to divine, to discern”
In context — 1 Kings 20:33
And the men divined his intent and hastened and seized upon it, saying, “Your brother , Ben-Hadad.” Then the king said, “Come and take him.” So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and he brought him up into the chariot.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:33, so the Hebrew word יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ (yenakhashu) 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.20.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.33.W2.S1) and character.