Joshua 18:9:2Josh.18.9.W2TAB
הֽ͏ָאֲנָשִׁים֙
haanashim
“the men”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- haa-a-naa-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ha.ʔa.naˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-a-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer
- sentence
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ho-SHU-a el-ha-ma-kha-NEH shi-LO
Exegesis
The subject ha’anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hā-ʾă-nā-šîm} ‘the men’ indicates the appointed survey team.
Root and etymology
א־נ־שׁ
“man, person”
In context — Joshua 18:9
So the men went and passed through the land, and they wrote it down by cities into seven portions on a scroll . Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:9, so the Hebrew word הֽ͏ָאֲנָשִׁים֙ (haanashim) 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 Josh.18.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.9.W2.S1) and character.