Joshua 22:30:4Josh.22.30.W4TAB
וּנְשִׂיאֵ֨י
unesiei
“and the chiefs of”
- Transliteration
- u-ne-si-EI
- Extended
- oo-neh-see-EI
- IPA
- /unəs.iːˈʔeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the chiefs of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-ne-si-EI
- phraseyour reading level
u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA
- clause
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH va-yi-TAV be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The construct chain u-nesiei ha-edah {וּנְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה | ū-ne-sī-ʾē hā-ʿē-dāh} ‘princes of the assembly’ and ve-rashei alfei Yisrael {וְרָאשֵׁי אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-rō-šê-ʾ ʾal-p̄ē yi-srə-ʾēl} ‘chiefs of Israel’s thousands’ delineates hierarchical ranks.
Root and etymology
n-s-ʾnun–shin–aleph
“to lift up, to exalt”
In context — Joshua 22:30
Phinehas the priest, with the assembly’s princes and the chiefs of Israel’s thousands who were with him, heard the words spoken by the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, and the report met with favor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:30, so the Hebrew word וּנְשִׂיאֵ֨י (unesiei) 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.22.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.30.W4.S1) and character.