Deuteronomy 22:19:1Deut.22.19.W1TAB
וְעָנְשׁ֣וּ
veanshu
“and they shall fine”
- Transliteration
- ve-an-SHU
- Extended
- veh-ahn-SHOO
- IPA
- /vəʕɔnˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall fine
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-an-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-an-SHU o-TO
- clause
ve-an-SHU o-TO me-AH KE-sef u-ne-TA-nu la-a-VI ha-na-a-RAH
- sentence
ve-an-SHU o-TO me-AH KE-sef u-ne-TA-nu la-a-VI ha-na-a-RAH KI ho-TZI SHEM RA AL be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH LO-YU-khal le-shal-LE-khah KOL-ya-MAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb ve-aneshu {וְעָנְשׁ֨וּ | wə-ʿănēšû} ‘and they shall fine,’ indicating a judicial penalty, followed by the object pronoun oto {אֹת֜וֹ | ʾôtô} ‘him.’
Root and etymology
Rootayin–nun–shin
“to punish”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:19
And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver , and they shall give it to the father of the young woman because he has brought out an evil name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:19, so the Hebrew word וְעָנְשׁ֣וּ (veanshu) 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 Deut.22.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.19.W1.S1) and character.