Numbers 2:20:4Num.2.20.W4TAB

וְנָשִׂיא֙

venasi

“and the chief”

Transliteration: ve-na-SI
Extended: veh-nah-SEE
IPA: /vənaˈsiː/

Meaning by language

English: and the chief

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + נָ + שִׂיא֙

↓

ve + na + si

↓

venasi

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 me-na-SHEH gam-li-A-EL ben-pe-da-TSUR
sentence
ve-a-la-V mat-TEH me-na-SHEH ve-na-SI liv-NEI me-na-SHEH gam-li-A-EL ben-pe-da-TSUR

Exegesis

The sequence matteh {מַטֵּה | maṭ-ṭēh} ‘tribe’ + menasheh {מְנַשֶּׁה | mə-nā-šeh} ‘Manasseh’ marks tribal identity, followed by the conjunctive + title venasi {וְנָשִׂיא | wə-nā-sîʾ} ‘and a leader’, which introduces the leadership role.

Root and etymology

Rootn-š-ʼ

“one lifted up, leader”

In context — Numbers 2:20

And next to it, the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

About this coordinate

Numbers 2:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:20, 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.2.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.20.W4.S1) and character.

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