Ezekiel 20:1:8Ezek.20.1.W8TAB
אֲנָשִׁ֣ים
anashim
“men”
- Transliteration
- a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /baˈʔuː/
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
ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT ba-kha-mi-SHI be-a-SOR la-KHO-desh ba-U a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NE yis-ra-EL li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-SHVU le-fa-NAI
Exegesis
The subject phrase anashim mi-ziknei yisra’el {אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾă-nā-šîm miz-zik-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘men from the elders of Israel’ introduces an infinitive of purpose li-drosh {לִדְרֹשׁ | li-droš} ‘to inquire,’ with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marking yehovah {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD’ as the focus.
In context — Ezekiel 20:1
And it happened in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that men from the elders of Israel came to seek the LORD , and they sat before me .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:1, so the Hebrew word אֲנָשִׁ֣ים (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.20.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.1.W8.S1) and character.