Genesis 19:4:7Gen.19.4.W7TAB
נָסַ֣בּוּ
nasabbu
“surrounded”
- Transliteration
- na-SAB-bu
- Extended
- nah-SAHB-boo
- IPA
- /naː.ˈsab.buː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surrounded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-SAB-bu
- phraseyour reading level
na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit
- 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 perfect verb nasabu {נָסַבּוּ | nā-sab-bû} ‘they surrounded’ conveys the decisive hostile action, with ʿal-hab-bayit {עַל־הַבַּיִת | ʿal-hab-bayit} ‘around the house’ specifying the target.
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 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:4, so the Hebrew word נָסַ֣בּוּ (nasabbu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.4.W7.S1) and character.