Exodus 16:20:4Exod.16.20.W4TAB
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים
anashim
“men”
- Transliteration
- a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔă.naː.ˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- men
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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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu
- clause
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH
- sentence
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH va-yik-TSOF a-LE-hem mo-SHE
Exegesis
Vav consecutive Hiphil vayotiru {וַיּוֹתִרוּ | way-yō-tî-rû} ‘they left over’ indicates voluntary action by anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾă-nā-šîm}, with mimmennu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mim-men-nū} ‘from it’ referring to manna.
In context — Exodus 16:20
But they did not heed Moses , and some of the people reserved a portion until dawn; it then swarmed with maggots and turned putrid, so Moses was angry with them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:20, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשִׁ֤ים (anashim) 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.16.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.20.W4.S1) and character.