Numbers 14:36:1Num.14.36.W1TAB
וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
vehaanashim
“and the men”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-a-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /vəhaʔănaˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-SHA-lakh mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-SHA-lakh mo-SHEH la-TUR ET-ha-A-retz va-ya-SHU-vu va-ya-LI-nu a-LAV ET-KOL-ha-e-DAH le-ho-TZI di-BAH al-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive clause in vehaʾanashim {וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | wə-hā-ʾănā-šîm} ‘and the men,’ marking the subject.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Nun-Shin
“man, people”
In context — Numbers 14:36
And the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land returned and provoked all the congregation to complain against him by spreading a bad report about the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:36, so the Hebrew word וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (vehaanashim) 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.14.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.36.W1.S1) and character.