Numbers 14:3:9Num.14.3.W9TAB
נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ
nashenu
“our wives”
- Transliteration
- na-SHE-nu
- Extended
- nah-SHEH-noo
- IPA
- /naˈʃeːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
na-SHE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu
- clause
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ
- sentence
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
Exegesis
The construct chain nashenu vetapenu {נָשֵׁינוּ וְטַפֵּנוּ | nā-šē-nû wə-ṭap-pē-nû} “our wives and our little ones” underscores vulnerability, followed by yihyu lavaz {יִהְיוּ לָבַז | yi-hyû lā-vaẓ} “they will be for plunder.”
In context — Numbers 14:3
And why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword and to have our wives and our little ones become plunder? Would it not be good for us to return to Egypt?
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:3, so the Hebrew word נָשֵׁ֥ינוּ (nashenu) 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.14.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.3.W9.S1) and character.