Genesis 43:21:12Gen.43.21.W12TAB
וַנָּ֥שֶׁב
vanashev
“we brought back”
- Transliteration
- va-NA-shev
- Extended
- vah-NAA-shehv
- IPA
- /wan.ˈnaː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- we brought back
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-NA-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-NA-shev o-TO
- clause
va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The closing Hiphil vanashev oto beyadenu {וַנָּ֥שֶׁב אֹת֖וֹ בְּיָדֵֽנוּ | wan-nā-šeb ʾō-ṯô bə-yā-dê-nû} uses first person plural to stress the brothers’ collective act of returning the money.
In context — Genesis 43:21
And it happened that when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his sack—our silver in its weight ; so we brought it back in our hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word וַנָּ֥שֶׁב (vanashev) 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.43.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W12.S1) and character.