Genesis 18:16:3Gen.18.16.W3TAB
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים
haanashim
“the men”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- hah-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔă.naː.ˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
The definite haʾanashim {הֽ͏ָאֲנָשִׁים | hāʾănāšîm} ‘the men’ recalls the prior visitors.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-šaleph–nun–shin
“man, mortal”
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (haanashim) 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 Gen.18.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W3.S1) and character.