2 Chronicles 20:12:142 Chr.20.12.W14TAB
וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ
vaanakhnu
“and we”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NAKH-nu
- Extended
- vah-ah-NAKH-nu
- IPA
- /vaʔaˈnaħnuː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-a-NAKH-nu
- clause
va-a-NAKH-nu LO NE-da MA-na-a-SE KI a-LEI-kha ei-NEI-nu
- sentence
e-lo-HEI-nu ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM KI EN BA-nu KO-akh lif-NEI he-ha-MON ha-RAV ha-ZE ha-BA a-LEI-nu va-a-NAKH-nu LO NE-da MA-na-a-SE KI a-LEI-kha ei-NEI-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnê hāhāmon hārāv haz-zeh hab-bāʾ ʿālênû {לִפְנֵי הֶהָמ֥וֹן הָרָ֛ב הַזֶּ֖ה הַבָּ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ | lif-nê hā-hā-mon hā-rāv haz-zeh hab-bāʾ ʿā-lê-nû} situates the impending threat, and the sequence vā-ʾănakhnû lōʾ nēdaʿ mah-nāʿăśēh {וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ לֹ֤א נֵדַע֙ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה | vā-ʾa-nakh-nû lōʾ nē-daʿ mah-nā-ʿă-śēh} expresses confessed ignorance.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:12
Our God will You not judge them? For there is no strength in us before this great multitude that comes against us, and we do not know what we will do, but our eyes are upon You.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 20:12, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (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.20.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.12.W14.S1) and character.