Isaiah 19:8:1Isa.19.8.W1TAB

וְאָנוּ֙

veanu

and they will lament

Transliteration
ve-A-nu
Extended
veh-AA-noo
IPA
/vəʔaːˈnuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they will lament

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Result
וְ + אָ + נוּ֙
ve + a + nu
veanu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-A-nu

  2. clause

    ve-A-nu ha-dai-ya-GIM ve-av-LU kal-ma-shli-KHE va-ye-OR KHA-ka

  3. sentence

    ve-A-nu ha-dai-ya-GIM ve-av-LU kal-ma-shli-KHE va-ye-OR KHA-ka u-fo-re-SE mikh-mo-RET al-pe-NE-ma-YIM um-la-LU

Exegesis

The verse unfolds in three parallel vav-consecutive clauses introduced by ve-anu {וְאָנוּ | wə-ʾānû} ‘and will mourn’ and ve-avlu {וְאָבְלוּ | wə-ʾāvəlû} ‘and will lament,’ signaling prophetic future actions.

In contextIsaiah 19:8

And the fishermen will mourn, and all who cast a hook in the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets upon the surface of the waters will languish.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְאָנוּ֙ (veanu) 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 Isa.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.8.W1.S1) and character.