Genesis 19:5:12Gen.19.5.W12TAB
וְנֵדְעָ֖ה
venedeah
“that we may know”
- Transliteration
- ve-ne-de-AH
- Extended
- veh-neh-deh-AAH
- IPA
- /wə.neː.ðə.ˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that we may know
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ne-de-AH
- clause
ho-tsi-EM e-LEI-nu ve-ne-de-AH o-TAM
- sentence
va-yik-re-U el-LOT va-yo-me-RU LO ai-YE ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-BA-u e-LEI-kha ha-LAI-la ho-tsi-EM e-LEI-nu ve-ne-de-AH o-TAM
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative hotsi'em {הוֹצִיאֵם | hōṣîʾēm} (‘bring them out’) conveys coercive force, and the cohortative venede'ah {וְנֵדְעָה | wə-nēḏʿāh} (‘let us know’) expresses the mob’s intention to achieve sexual domination.
In context — Genesis 19:5
They called to Lot and asked, “Where are the men who came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:5, so the Hebrew word וְנֵדְעָ֖ה (venedeah) 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.19.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.5.W12.S1) and character.