Genesis 19:4:3Gen.19.4.W3TAB
וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י
veanshei
“and the men of”
- Transliteration
- ve-an-SHEI
- Extended
- veh-ahn-SHEE
- IPA
- /və.ʔan.ˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the men of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-an-SHEI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-an-SHEI ha-IR
- clause
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN
- sentence
TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN kol-ha-AM mik-ka-TSE
Exegesis
The coordinated construct phrase ve-anshei ha-ʿir {וְאַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר | wə-ʾan-šê hā-ʿîr} ‘and the men of the city’, immediately apposed by anshei Sedom {אַנְשֵׁי סְדֹם | ʾan-šê sə-ḏōm} ‘the men of Sodom’, heightens identification and collective agency.
In context — Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—gathered around the house, from the youngest to the oldest, all the people from every quarter .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:4, so the Hebrew word וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י (veanshei) 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.19.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.4.W3.S1) and character.