Judges 18:14:3Judg.18.14.W3TAB

הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים

haanashim

the men

Transliteration
ha-a-na-SHIM
Extended
haa-ah-nah-SHEEM
IPA
/haːʔănaˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the men

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Result
הָ + אֲ + נָ + שִׁ֗ים
ha + a + na + shim
haanashim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-a-na-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA

  4. sentence

    va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU

Exegesis

The participial clause hā-hōl-ḵîm {הַהֹלְכִים֮ | hā-hōl-ḵîm} “who were going” qualifies khă-mē-šet hā-ʾă-nā-šîm {חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים | khă-mē-šet hā-ʾă-nā-šîm}, expressing purpose lĕ-rag-gēl {לְרַגֵּל֮ | lĕ-rag-gēl} “to spy out” the land of Laish.

In contextJudges 18:14

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish spoke to their brothers, “You should know that these houses contain an ephod , teraphim, a carved image, and a cast image. Now then, decide what you will do.”

About this coordinate

Judges 18:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:14, so the Hebrew word הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (haanashim) 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.18.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.14.W3.S1) and character.