Numbers 2:14:3Num.2.14.W3TAB
וְנָשִׂיא֙
venasi
“and the chief”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-SI
- Extended
- veh-nah-SEE
- IPA
- /vənɑˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the chief
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-SI
- clause
ve-na-SI liv-NEI GAD el-ya-SAF ben-re-u-EL
- sentence
ve-ma-TEH GAD ve-na-SI liv-NEI GAD el-ya-SAF ben-re-u-EL
Exegesis
The noun mattēh {מַטֵּה | wə-mat-tēh} ‘tribe’ functions as the first coordinated element, followed by the conjunctive ve- on nāšîʾ {וְנָשִׂיא | wə-nā-šîʾ} ‘leader,’ which appends a second role within the same verse.
Root and etymology
נ־שׂ־א
“lift, carry”
In context — Numbers 2:14
And the tribe of Gad and the leader of the sons of Gad was Elyasaf , son of Reuel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 2:14, so the Hebrew word וְנָשִׂיא֙ (venasi) 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.2.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.14.W3.S1) and character.