Genesis 19:13:2Gen.19.13.W2TAB
אֲנַ֔חְנוּ
anakhnu
“we”
- Transliteration
- a-NAKH-nu
- Extended
- ah-NAHKH-noo
- IPA
- /ʔă.ˈnaħ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-NAKH-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu
- clause
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
Exegesis
The Piel participle mashchitim {מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים | maš-ḥi-ṭîm} with the independent pronoun anachnu {אֲנַ֔חְנוּ | ʾă-naḥ-nû} creates an emphatic present-tense clause “we are destroying,” emphasizing the certainty of the action.
In context — Genesis 19:13
For we are destroying this place, because their outcry has become great before the presence of the LORD ; therefore the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 19:13, so the Hebrew word אֲנַ֔חְנוּ (anakhnu) 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.19.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.13.W2.S1) and character.