Judges 19:16:13Judg.19.16.W13TAB
וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י
veanshe
“and the men of”
- Transliteration
- ve-an-SHE
- Extended
- veh-ahn-SHEE
- IPA
- /vəʔanˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the men of
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-an-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM
- clause
ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinate clause ve-anshei hamakom bnei Yemini {וְאַנְשֵׁי הַמָּקוֹם בְּנֵי יְמִינִי | wə-ʾan-šê ham-mā-qōm bə-nê ye-mi-nî} identifies the local inhabitants as ‘sons of Benjamin’. The verse’s chain of coordinated clauses creates a cumulative narrative progression.
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 19:16, so the Hebrew word וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י (veanshe) 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.19.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W13.S1) and character.