Judges 13:15:5Judg.13.15.W5TAB
נַעְצְרָה־נָּ֣א
natserana
“please let us detain”
- Transliteration
- na-tse-RA-na
- Extended
- nah-tseh-RAA-naa
- IPA
- /naʕ.tsəˈraː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please let us detain
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-tse-RA-na
- phraseyour reading level
na-tse-RA-na o-TAKH
- clause
na-tse-RA-na o-TAKH ve-na-a-SE le-fa-NE-kha ge-DI i-ZIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh el-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH na-tse-RA-na o-TAKH ve-na-a-SE le-fa-NE-kha ge-DI i-ZIM
Exegesis
The Qal cohortative naʿṣrah-nāʾ {נַעְצְרָה־נָּ֣א | naʿṣrah-nāʾ} with the entreaty particle conveys a polite request to remain.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-rayin–tsadi–resh
“to restrain, detain”
In context — Judges 13:15
And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD , “Please let us detain you , and let us prepare before you a young goat from the goats.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 13:15, so the Hebrew word נַעְצְרָה־נָּ֣א (natserana) 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 Judg.13.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.15.W5.S1) and character.