Exodus 21:18:2Exod.21.18.W2TAB

אֲנָשִׁ֔ים

anashim

men

Transliteration
a-na-SHIM
Extended
ah-nah-SHEEM
IPA
/ʔă.naːˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
men

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Result
אֲ + נָ + שִׁ֔ים
a + na + shim
anashim

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-na-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF

  4. sentence

    ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV

Exegesis

Yirivun {יְרִיבֻן | yî-rî-vun} ‘they quarrel’ (qal imperfect) takes anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾă-nā-šîm} ‘men’ as its subject.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph-nun-shin

mortal man

In contextExodus 21:18

And if men quarrel , and a man strikes his companion with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but falls to bed .

About this coordinate

Exodus 21:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 21:18, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (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.21.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.18.W2.S1) and character.