Judges 21:16:4Judg.21.16.W4TAB
מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
manaase
“what shall we do”
- Transliteration
- ma-na-a-SE
- Extended
- mah-nah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /mah.nan.ʕaˈsɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what shall we do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-na-a-SE
- phraseyour reading level
ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN i-SHA
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מַה־ | mah} ‘what’ leads to the deliberative Qal imperfect naʿăśeh {נַּעֲשֶׂה | naʿăśeh} ‘shall we do’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-hayin–shin–heh
“to do, make”
In context — Judges 21:16
And the elders said, “What shall we do for the survivors regarding wives, since a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:16, so the Hebrew word מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (manaase) 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.21.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.16.W4.S1) and character.