Judges 14:18:3Judg.14.18.W3TAB
אַנְשֵׁ֨י
anshe
“men of”
- Transliteration
- an-she
- Extended
- ahn-sheh
- IPA
- /ʔanˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- men of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
an-she
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR
- clause
va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-khar-SA ma-ma-TOK mid-da-VASH u-ME AZ me-a-RI
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-khar-SA ma-ma-TOK mid-da-VASH u-ME AZ me-a-RI va-yo-MER la-HEM lu-le kha-ra-she-TEM be-eg-la-TI LO me-tsa-TEM khi-da-TI
In context — Judges 14:18
Then the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before sunset, “What is sweeter than honey and what is stronger than a lion?” Samson answered them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer , you would not have found my riddle .”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 14:18, so the Hebrew word אַנְשֵׁ֨י (anshe) 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.14.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.18.W3.S1) and character.