2 Chronicles 20:12:172 Chr.20.12.W17TAB
מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה
manaase
“what we shall do”
- Transliteration
- MA-na-a-SE
- Extended
- mah-nah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /mah.naʕaˈsɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what we shall do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MA-na-a-SE
- 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 20:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Chronicles 20:12, so the Hebrew word מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה (manaase) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.12.W17.S1) and character.