Exodus 14:11:11Exod.14.11.W11TAB
לָּ֔נוּ
lanu
“to us”
- Transliteration
- la-NU
- Extended
- lah-NOO
- IPA
- /laː.ˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NU
- phraseyour reading level
a-si-TA la-NU
- clause
mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The second interrogative mah-zot {מַה־זֹּאת | mah-zôṯ} ‘what is this’ intensifies the complaint, followed by asita {עָשִׂיתָ | ʿăśītā} ‘you have done’ and la-nu {לָּנוּ | lā-nû} ‘to us’.
In context — Exodus 14:11
And they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? What is this that you have done to us in bringing us out of Egypt ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 14:11, so the Hebrew word לָּ֔נוּ (lanu) 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 Exod.14.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.11.W11.S1) and character.