Numbers 2:22:3Num.2.22.W3TAB
וְנָשִׂיא֙
venasi
“and the leader”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-SI
- Extended
- veh-na-SEE
- IPA
- /vənaˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the leader
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 bin-ya-MIN a-vi-DAN ben-GID-o-ni
- sentence
u-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN ve-na-SI liv-NEI bin-ya-MIN a-vi-DAN ben-GID-o-ni
Exegesis
The second vav {וְ | wə} introduces nasi {נָשִׂיא | nā-sîʾ} ‘leader’ in apposition, linked by the construct phrase livnei {לִבְנֵי | li-vnê} ‘for the descendants of,’ which specifies the group.
Root and etymology
נ־שׂ־א
“lift up,”
In context — Numbers 2:22
And next shall be the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan son of Gideoni.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 2:22, 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.2.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.22.W3.S1) and character.