2 Samuel 20:7:32 Sam.20.7.W3TAB
אַנְשֵׁ֣י
anshe
“men of”
- Transliteration
- an-she
- Extended
- ahn-sheh
- IPA
- /ʔanˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- men of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
an-she
- phraseyour reading level
an-she yo-AV
- clause
va-ye-tsU a-kha-RAIV an-she yo-AV ve-hak-khe-re-TI ve-hap-pe-le-TI ve-khol-ha-gib-bo-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-tsU a-kha-RAIV an-she yo-AV ve-hak-khe-re-TI ve-hap-pe-le-TI ve-khol-ha-gib-bo-RIM va-ye-tsU mi-ru-sha-LA-im lir-DOF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bikh-RI
Exegesis
The construct phrase anshei Yoav {אַנְשֵׁ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב | ʾănšê yō’āḇ} ‘men of Joab’, followed by the gentilic titles Kerethites and Pelethites and the collective kol-ha-gibborim {כָל־הַגִּבֹּרִים | kōl-hă-ḡibbōrîm} ‘all the mighty men’, delineates the pursuers’ composition.
Root and etymology
א־נ־ש
“man”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:7
Joab’s men, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, with all the mighty men , went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:7, so the Hebrew word אַנְשֵׁ֣י (anshe) 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.20.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.7.W3.S1) and character.