Judges 21:14:7Judg.21.14.W7TAB
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים
hanashim
“the women”
- Transliteration
- ha-na-SHIM
- Extended
- hah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /han.naˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the women
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-na-SHIM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD ve-LO-ma-tse-U la-HEM KEN
Exegesis
The phrase vayittnu lahem hannashim asher ḥiyu {וַיִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר חִיּוּ | wayyiṯnû lāhem han-nāšîm ’ăšer ḥîyû} ‘and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive’ contains a relative clause with ḥiyu highlighting the women’s preservation.
Root and etymology
n-š-hnun–shin–he
“woman, female”
In context — Judges 21:14
So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh Gilead. But they did not find enough for them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:14, so the Hebrew word הַנָּשִׁ֔ים (hanashim) 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.21.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.14.W7.S1) and character.