2 Samuel 17:2:92 Sam.17.2.W9TAB
וְנָ֖
venas
“and will flee”
- Transliteration
- ve-NAS
- Extended
- veh-NAAS
- IPA
- /wəˈnaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will flee
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-NAS
- clause
ve-a-VO a-LAV ve-HU ya-GE-a u-re-FE ya-DA-yim ve-ha-kha-rad-TI o-TO ve-NAS KAL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO
- sentence
ve-a-VO a-LAV ve-HU ya-GE-a u-re-FE ya-DA-yim ve-ha-kha-rad-TI o-TO ve-NAS KAL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a series of vav-consecutive actions, beginning with ve'avo {וְאָב֣וֹא | wə-’ā-vō} ‘and I will come,’ and continuing through vehacharadti {וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּי | wə-ḥa-ḥa-rā-ḏə-tī} ‘and I will terrify,’ venas {וְנָ֖ס | wə-nās} ‘and will flee,’ and vehikeiti {וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י | wə-hi-kē-tī} ‘and I will strike.’
In context — 2 Samuel 17:2
And I will come upon him when he is weary and weak-handed , and I will startle him , and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word וְנָ֖ (venas) 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.17.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.2.W9.S1) and character.