Judges 13:8:15Judg.13.8.W15TAB

מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה

manaase

“what we shall do”

Transliteration: ma-na-a-SE
Extended: mah-nah-ah-SEH
IPA: /maʔ.naʕăˈsɛː/

Meaning by language

English: what we shall do

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

מַֽה + נַּ + עֲ + שֶׂ֖ה

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ma + na + a + se

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manaase

Alphabet Analysis

	Mem	m as in mother
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	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

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Word in context

word
ma-na-a-SE
clause
BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD
sentence
va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh el-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAHR BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD

Exegesis

The question mahnaʿaseh {מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה | mah-naʿăśeh} “what we shall do” closes with the purpose phrase lanaʿar hayullad {לַנַּעַר הַיּוּלָּד | la-nāʿar hayyūllāḏ} “for the boy who is to be born.”

In context — Judges 13:8

And Manoah pleaded with the LORD and said, “O my Lord , please let the man of God whom You sent come again and teach us what we should do for the child who is to be born.”

About this coordinate

Judges 13:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 13:8, so the Hebrew word מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (manaase) 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.13.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.8.W15.S1) and character.

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