Judges 14:13:17Judg.14.13.W17TAB
וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃
venishmaena
“and we will hear it”
- Transliteration
- ve-nish-ma-E-na
- Extended
- veh-nish-mah-EH-nah
- IPA
- /vəniʃmaːˈʕɛn.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will hear it
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nish-ma-E-na
- clause
va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na
- sentence
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na
Exegesis
Finally, the nifal imperfect wənîšma‘ennā {וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה | wənîšma‘ennā} ‘and we will hear it’, marked by the energic nun, emphasizes the collective readiness of the speakers.
In context — Judges 14:13
But if you are not able to declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes. And they said to him, “Propose your riddle , and we will hear it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃ (venishmaena) 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.14.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.13.W17.S1) and character.