Deuteronomy 22:21:5Deut.22.21.W5TAB
אֲנָשֵׁי עִירָהּ
anashei irah
“the men of her city”
- Transliteration
- a-na-SHEI i-RAH
- Extended
- ah-nah-SHEI ee-RAH
- IPA
- /ʔanaˈʃeː ʕiːˈra(h)/
Meaning by language
- English
- the men of her city
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-na-SHEI i-RAH
- sentence
ve-ho-tsi-U et-ha-na-a-RA had-DE-lat-BEIT-a-vi-HA u-se-ka-lu-HA a-na-SHEI i-RAH ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TA ki as-TA ne-va-LAH be-yis-ra-EL liz-NOT BEIT a-vi-HA u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-kir-BE-kha
Exegesis
Construct chains bêt ʾāvi(h)âh {בֵּית אָבִיהָ | bêṯ ʾā-vi-hāh} ‘house of her father’ and ʾănšê ʿîrâh {אַנְשֵׁי עִירָהּ | ʾăn-šê ʿî-rāh} ‘men of her city’ establish familial and communal relationships.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:21
And you shall bring out the young woman to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones, and she shall die, because she has done a disgraceful act in Israel by acting as a prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 22:21, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשֵׁי עִירָהּ (anashei irah) 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.22.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.21.W5.S1) and character.