Judges 20:5:13Judg.20.5.W13TAB
עִנּ֖וּ
inu
“they afflicted”
- Transliteration
- i-NU
- Extended
- ih-NOO
- IPA
- /ʕinˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they afflicted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
i-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-pi-lag-SHI i-NU
- clause
o-TI di-MU la-ha-ROG ve-et-pi-lag-SHI i-NU va-ta-MOT
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu a-LAI ba-a-LEI ha-giv-A va-ya-SO-vu a-LAI et-ha-BA-yit LAI-la o-TI di-MU la-ha-ROG ve-et-pi-lag-SHI i-NU va-ta-MOT
Exegesis
The parallel objects oti {אוֹתִי | ʾō-ṯî} ‘me’ and ve-et-pilegeshi {וְאֶת־פִּילַגְשִׁי | wə-ʾet-pīlāgešî} ‘my concubine’ are acted upon by inu {עִנּוּ | ʿinnû} ‘they humiliated,’ and the final vav-consecutive imperfect vattamot {וַתָּמֹת | wayyāmmôt} ‘and she died’ delivers tragic closure. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew’s chronological flow and emphatic repetition to underscore escalating violence.
Root and etymology
ע־נ־ה
“to humiliate, oppress”
In context — Judges 20:5
And the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they abused my concubine , and she died.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:5, so the Hebrew word עִנּ֖וּ (inu) 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.20.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.5.W13.S1) and character.