Joshua 22:32:5Josh.22.32.W5TAB
וְהַנְּשִׂיאִ֡ים
vehannesiim
“and the chiefs”
- Transliteration
- ve-han-ne-si-IM
- Extended
- veh-han-neh-see-EEM
Meaning by language
- English
- and the chiefs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-han-ne-si-IM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-han-ne-si-IM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-han-ne-si-IM me-ET be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-me-ET be-NEI-GAD me-E-retz ha-gil-AD el-E-retz ke-na-AN el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV pin-KHAS ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-han-ne-si-IM me-ET be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-me-ET be-NEI-GAD me-E-retz ha-gil-AD el-E-retz ke-na-AN el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-shi-VOO o-TAM da-VAR
Root and etymology
n-s-ʾnun–shin–aleph
“leader, bearer”
In context — Joshua 22:32
Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the descendants of Reuben and Gad in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the Israelites, and they carried back a report .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 22:32, so the Hebrew word וְהַנְּשִׂיאִ֡ים (vehannesiim) 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.22.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.32.W5.S1) and character.