2 Chronicles 2:16:12 Chr.2.16.W1TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:15
וַאֲנַחְנוּ
vaanakhnu
“and we”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NAKH-nu
- Extended
- vah-ah-NAHKH-noo
- IPA
- /vaʔaˈħnaːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-NAKH-nu
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON
- clause
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON ke-khol-tsar-KHE-ta u-ne-vi-EM le-KHA raf-so-DOT al-YAM
- sentence
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON ke-khol-tsar-KHE-ta u-ne-vi-EM le-KHA raf-so-DOT al-YAM ya-FO ve-a-TA ta-a-LE o-TAM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The verse begins with va'anachnu {וַאֲנַחְנוּ | wă-ʼănachnû} ‘and we,’ a prefixed first person plural pronoun indicating collective agency, followed by nîḵ-rôṯ {נִכְרֹת | nîḵ-rôṯ} ‘we will cut’ in the Nifal imperfect.
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:16
And we will cut trees from Lebanon according to all your needs and bring them to you in rafts by sea to Joppa , and you shall transport them up to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 2:16, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנַחְנוּ (vaanakhnu) 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 2 Chr.2.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.16.W1.S1) and character.