Numbers 13:33:7Num.13.33.W7TAB
וַנְּהִ֤י
vanehi
“and we were”
- Transliteration
- va-ne-HI
- Extended
- vah-neh-HEE
- IPA
- /van.nəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we were
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ne-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu
- clause
va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem
- sentence
ve-SHAM ra-I-nu ET-han-ne-fi-LIM be-NEI a-NAK min-han-ne-fi-LIM va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The vav consecutive in vanəhî {וַנְּהִי | wan-nə-hî} ‘and we were’ plus the Qal imperfect verb signals a shift to metaphorical self-perception, with bᵉʿênēnû {בְּעֵינֵינוּ | bə-ʿê-nē-nû} ‘in our eyes’ and the simile kaḥăgābîm {כַּחֲגָבִים | ka-ḥă-gā-bîm} ‘like grasshoppers’.
In context — Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim , the sons of Anak who were of the Nephilim; and we were in our own eyes like grasshoppers , and so we were in their eyes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 13:33, so the Hebrew word וַנְּהִ֤י (vanehi) 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 Num.13.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.33.W7.S1) and character.