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