2 Samuel 23:17:82 Sam.23.17.W8TAB
הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙
haanashim
“the men”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- haa-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔă.naːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer kha-li-LA LI Ye-ho-VAH me-a-SO-ti ZOT ha-DAM ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM be-na-fsho-TAM ve-LO a-VA lish-te-TAAM E-le A-su she-LO-shet ha-gi-bo-RIM
Exegesis
The rhetorical question hadam ha’anashim haholkim benafshotam {הֲדַם הָאֲנָשִׁים הַהֹלְכִים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָם | há-dam hā’ănāšîm ha-hōleqîm bĕ-naf-šô-tām} links blood imagery with the life-risk idiom.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:17
And he said, “Far be it from me, LORD , to do this! Is it not the blood of the men who went with their lives? And he would not consent to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 23:17, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ (haanashim) 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.23.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.17.W8.S1) and character.