Joshua 22:26:2Josh.22.26.W2TAB
נַעֲשֶׂה־נָּ֣א
naasena
“let us now make”
- Transliteration
- na-a-SE-NA
- Extended
- nah-a-seh-NAA
- IPA
- /naʕaˈsɛ.nːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let us now make
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-a-SE-NA
- phraseyour reading level
na-a-SE-NA la-NU
- clause
va-NO-mer na-a-SE-NA la-NU liv-NOT et-ham-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-NO-mer na-a-SE-NA la-NU liv-NOT et-ham-miz-BE-akh LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZA-vakh
Exegesis
It is followed by the cohortative naaseh {נַעֲשֶׂה | naʿ-śê} ‘let us make’ plus the entreaty particle na {נָּ֣א | nāʾ} ‘now,’ conveying communal resolve.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-shin-heh
“to do, make”
In context — Joshua 22:26
So we said, “Let us now build an altar for ourselves—not for burnt offering , and not for sacrifice.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 22:26, so the Hebrew word נַעֲשֶׂה־נָּ֣א (naasena) 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.22.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.26.W2.S1) and character.