2 Samuel 16:20:72 Sam.16.20.W7TAB
מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃
manaase
“what shall we do”
- Transliteration
- ma-na-a-SE
- Extended
- mah-nah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /mah.nːa.ʕaˈsɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what shall we 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-na-a-SE
- clause
ha-VU la-KHEM E-tsa ma-na-a-SE
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-a-khi-TO-fel ha-VU la-KHEM E-tsa ma-na-a-SE
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מַה | mah} ‘what’ plus the cohortative naaseh {נַּעֲשֶֽׂה | na‘ăśeh} ‘shall we do’ forms a deliberative question. This imperative–interrogative pattern emphasizes the urgency of shared decision-making.
Root and etymology
ʿ-s-h
“to do, make”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:20
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give counsel among yourselves; what shall we do?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 16:20, so the Hebrew word מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ (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 Sam.16.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.20.W7.S1) and character.