Ezekiel 14:1:3Ezek.14.1.W3TAB
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
anashim
“men”
- Transliteration
- a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔănaːˈʃiːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-ya-VO e-LAI a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-LAI a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL va-ye-she-VU le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The plural noun anashim {אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | ʾă-nā-šîm} is specified by the construct phrase miziknei yisrael {מִזִּקְנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | mi-zik-nê yiś-rā-ʾêl}, expressing a partitive “men from among the elders of Israel.”
Root and etymology
א–נ–ש
“person, human individual”
In context — Ezekiel 14:1
Then men from the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 14:1, 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 Ezek.14.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.1.W3.S1) and character.