Judges 21:23:5Judg.21.23.W5TAB
נָשִׁים֙
nashim
“women or wives”
- Transliteration
- na-SHIM
- Extended
- naa-SHEEM
- IPA
- /naːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- women or wives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-E-U na-SHIM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu va-YE-le-khu va-ya-SHU-vu el-na-kha-la-TAM va-yiv-NU et-he-a-RIM va-YE-she-vu ba-HEM
Exegesis
The verb wayyaśʼû {וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ | wayyaśû} takes nāšîm {נָשִׁים | nā-šîm} as its direct object, modified by the quantifier ləmispārām {לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם | li-mis-pār-ām}, “according to their number.”
Root and etymology
n-š-ʼ
“woman, wife”
In context — Judges 21:23
So the sons of Benjamin took women according to their number from the dancers whom they had captured, and then they returned to their inheritance . They rebuilt the cities and settled in them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 21:23, so the Hebrew word נָשִׁים֙ (nashim) 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.21.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.23.W5.S1) and character.