Exodus 18:21:6Exod.18.21.W6TAB
אַנְשֵׁ֥י אֱמֶ֖ת
anshei emet
“men of truth”
- Transliteration
- an-SHEI e-MET
- Extended
- an-SHEI eh-MET
- IPA
- /ʔanˈʃeː ʔɛˈmɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- men of truth
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
an-SHEI e-MET
- clause
ve-a-TA te-khe-ZE mi-KOL-ha-AM an-SHEI-KHAY-il yir-EI e-lo-HIM an-SHEI e-MET sohn-EI VAA-tsa
- sentence
ve-a-TA te-khe-ZE mi-KOL-ha-AM an-SHEI-KHAY-il yir-EI e-lo-HIM an-SHEI e-MET sohn-EI VAA-tsa ve-sam-TA a-le-HEM sa-REI a-la-FIM sa-REI meh-OT sa-REI kha-mi-SHIM ve-sa-REI a-sa-ROT
Exegesis
A tightly packed series of construct phrases—anshei-chayil {אַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל | ʾan-šê-ḥayil} ‘men of ability’, yirei Elohim {יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים | yir-ʾê ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘those who fear God’, anshei emet {אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת | ʾan-šê ʾĕ-met} ‘men of truth’, and son'ei batsa {שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע | śōn-ʾê bā-ṣaʿ} ‘haters of unjust gain’—uses asyndeton to produce a cumulative portrayal of enduring virtues.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Mem–Tav
“firmness, reliability, truth”
In context — Exodus 18:21
And you shall select from all the people men of ability , those who fear God , men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall appoint them as leaders over thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 18:21, so the Hebrew word אַנְשֵׁ֥י אֱמֶ֖ת (anshei emet) 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.18.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.21.W6.S1) and character.