וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י

   ve-ET-ne-si-EI

   and the princes of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן

   o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN

   him and the princes of Midian
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁר֩ הִכָּ֨ה מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן אֶת־אֱוִ֤י וְאֶת־רֶ֙קֶם֙ וְאֶת־צ֤וּר וְאֶת־חוּר֙ וְאֶת־רֶ֔בַע נְסִיכֵ֣י סִיח֔וֹן יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz

   whom defeated Moses him and the princes of Midian Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba the princes of Sihon the dwellers of the land
4. sentence🔊 וְכֹל֙ עָרֵ֣י הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר וְכָֽל־מַמְלְכ֗וּת סִיחוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן אֲשֶׁר֩ הִכָּ֨ה מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן אֶת־אֱוִ֤י וְאֶת־רֶ֙קֶם֙ וְאֶת־צ֤וּר וְאֶת־חוּר֙ וְאֶת־רֶ֔בַע נְסִיכֵ֣י סִיח֔וֹן יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz

   and all cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon whom defeated Moses him and the princes of Midian Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba the princes of Sihon the dwellers of the land

Exegesis

The appositional series nesiei midyan {נְשִׂיאֵי מִדְיָן | nesîʾê Midyān} enumerates the Midianite chiefs, with each proper name as an apposition.

Root and etymology

n-ś-ʾ🔊 נ־ש־אnun–samekh–aleph

“leader, prince”

• 🔊 נְשִׂיאֵיnesieichiefs ofNumbers 7:2