Judges 19:17:11Judg.19.17.W11TAB
אָ֥נָה
ana
“where {to}”
- Transliteration
- a-NA
- Extended
- aa-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where {to}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-NA
- phraseyour reading level
a-NA te-LEKH
- clause
va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
- sentence
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
Exegesis
The paired interrogatives anah {אָנָה | ʾā-nāh} ‘where to’ and u-me-ayin {וּמֵאַיִן | ū-mē-ʾā-yîn} ‘and from where’ form a balanced inquiry reflecting Hebrew hospitality conventions.
Root and etymology
aleph–nun–healeph–nun–he
“where to”
In context — Judges 19:17
And he lifted his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:17, so the Hebrew word אָ֥נָה (ana) 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.19.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.17.W11.S1) and character.