נֹשְׂאֵ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נֹשְׂאֵ֤י

   nos-SE

   bearers of or carrying {plural construct}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 נֹשְׂאֵ֤י מָגֵן֙

   nos-SE ma-GEN

   bearers of or carrying {plural construct} a shield
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיְהִי־לְאָסָ֗א חַ֖יִל נֹשֵׂ֣א צִנָּ֣ה וָרֹ֣מַח֒ מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אֶ֣לֶף וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן נֹשְׂאֵ֤י מָגֵן֙ וְדֹ֣רְכֵי קֶ֔שֶׁת מָאתַ֥יִם וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים אָ֥לֶף כֻּֽל־אֵ֖לֶּה גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חָ֑יִל׃

   va-ye-HI-le-A-sa KHA-yil no-SE tsin-NA va-RO-makh mi-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef u-mi-bin-ya-MIN nos-SE ma-GEN ve-dor-KHE KE-shet ma-A-ta-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef kul-E-le gib-bo-RE KHA-yil

   and there was to Asa or and Asa had an army or force bearing or carrying a large shield and a spear from Judah three hundreds thousand and from Benjamin bearers of or carrying {plural construct} a shield and drawing or bending {construct plural} a bow two hundred and eighty thousand all these mighty men of {construct} valor or strength

Exegesis

The construct chain ḥayil nōse ṣinnâh və-rōmaḥ {חַיִל נֹשֵׂא צִנָּה וָרֹמַח | ḥa-yil nō-sē ṣin-nā və-rō-maḥ} denotes “force bearing shield and spear.”