Isaiah 20:6:18Isa.20.6.W18TAB
אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
anakhnu
“we”
- Transliteration
- a-NAKH-nu
- Extended
- ah-NAKH-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăˈnaːħnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NAKH-nu
- phraseyour reading level
nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
- clause
ve-EKH nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
- sentence
ve-a-MAR yo-SHEV ha-I ha-ZE ba-YOM ha-HU hin-NE-KHO ma-ba-TE-nu a-sher-NAS-nu SHAM le-ez-RA le-hin-na-TSEL mip-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-EKH nim-ma-LET a-NAKH-nu
Exegesis
The rhetorical question ve’eikh nimmalet anachnu {וְאֵיךְ נִמָּלֵט אֲנַחְנוּ | wə-ʾêyk nim-mā-lēṭ ʾa-naḥ-nû} closes with despair, mirroring the Hebrew’s dramatic arc.
In context — Isaiah 20:6
And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in that day, “Behold, such is our expectation , where we fled for help, to be delivered from the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 20:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Isaiah 20:6, so the Hebrew word אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃ (anakhnu) 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.20.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.6.W18.S1) and character.