Judges 19:22:23Judg.19.22.W23TAB
וְנֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃
venedaenu
“and we may know him”
- Transliteration
- ve-ne-da-E-nu
- Extended
- veh-nee-daa-EH-noo
- IPA
- /vənedɔːˈʕɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we may know him
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ne-da-E-nu
- clause
va-yo-me-RU el-ha-ISH BA-al ha-BA-yit ha-za-KEN le-MOR ho-TSE et-ha-ISH a-sher-BA el-BET-kha ve-ne-da-E-nu
- sentence
HE-ma me-ti-VIM et-li-BAM ve-hi-NE an-SHE ha-IR an-SHE ve-NE-ve-li-YA-al na-sa-BU et-ha-BA-yit mit-da-pe-KIM al-ha-DA-let va-yo-me-RU el-ha-ISH BA-al ha-BA-yit ha-za-KEN le-MOR ho-TSE et-ha-ISH a-sher-BA el-BET-kha ve-ne-da-E-nu
Exegesis
The Vav-consecutive vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmərû} ‘and they said’ introduces a Hiphil imperative hotse {הוֹצֵא | hōṣēʾ} ‘bring out,’ culminating in the idiomatic venedaenu {וְנֵדָעֶנּוּ | wə-nēḏāʿennû} ‘and let us know him,’ where the verb ‘know’ implies a sexual threat.
In context — Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts glad , behold, the men of the city, sons of worthlessness , surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came into your house so that we may know him.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:22:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Judges 19:22, so the Hebrew word וְנֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ (venedaenu) 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.19.22.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.22.W23.S1) and character.