Genesis 19:12:2Gen.19.12.W2TAB
הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים
haanashim
“the men”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- hah-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔă.na.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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM el-LOT OD mi-le-KHA FO kha-TAN u-va-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-KHOL a-sher-le-KHA ba-IR
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM el-LOT OD mi-le-KHA FO kha-TAN u-va-NE-kha u-ve-no-TE-kha ve-KHOL a-sher-le-KHA ba-IR ho-TSE min-ha-ma-KOM
Exegesis
vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ | way-yōmrû} ‘and they said’ is a wayyiqtol form that introduces direct speech by ha-anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hā·ʾa·nā·šîm}, here understood as angelic messengers.
Root and etymology
א־נ־ש
“human, mortal”
In context — Genesis 19:12
Then the men said to Lot, “Do you still have anyone here—your son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone who belongs to you in the city? Bring them out of this place.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:12, so the Hebrew word הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים (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.19.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.12.W2.S1) and character.