Numbers 20:4:9Num.20.4.W9TAB
אֲנַ֖חְנוּ
anakhnu
“we”
- Transliteration
- a-NAKH-nu
- Extended
- ah-NAKH-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăˈnaħnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NAKH-nu
- clause
la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
- sentence
ve-la-MA ha-ve-TEM et-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZEH la-MUT SHAM a-NAKH-nu u-ve-i-RE-nu
Exegesis
The coordinated elements ʾă-naḥ-nū ū-və-ʿî-rê-nū {אֲנַ֖חְנוּ וּבְעִירֵֽנוּ | ʾă-naḥ-nū ū-və-ʿî-rê-nū} include both the people and their livestock, heightening communal peril. The English preserves Hebrew word order and functional markers.
In context — Numbers 20:4
And why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness , that we and our cattle should die there?
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 20:4, so the Hebrew word אֲנַ֖חְנוּ (anakhnu) 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.20.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.4.W9.S1) and character.