Numbers 21:30:5Num.21.30.W5TAB
וַנַּשִּׁ֣ים
vanashim
“and we laid waste”
- Transliteration
- va-na-SHIM
- Extended
- vah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /van.naˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we laid waste
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-na-SHIM ad-NO-fakh
- clause
va-na-SHIM ad-NO-fakh a-SHER ad-MEID-va
- sentence
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von va-na-SHIM ad-NO-fakh a-SHER ad-MEID-va
Exegesis
The prepositional chain ʿad-dî-bōn {עַד־דִּיב֑וֹן | ʿad-dî-bōn}, vanāšîm {וַנַּשִּׁ֣ים | va-nā-šîm} ‘and we laid waste’, and ʿad-nô-pach {עַד־נֹ֔פַח | ʿad-nô-pach} mark progressive territorial reach, while the relative ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} links to the final extent ʿad-mê-ḏe-bā {עַד־מֵֽידְבָֽא | ʿad-mê-ḏe-bā}. The repeated ʿad-phrases create an accumulative list emphasizing conquest, and the shift from imperfect to perfect highlights outcome before continuing the campaign.
Root and etymology
n-š-mnun–shin–mem
“to lay waste, devastate”
In context — Numbers 21:30
And we overthrew them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we laid waste as far as Nophah; and fire spread as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 21:30, so the Hebrew word וַנַּשִּׁ֣ים (vanashim) 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.21.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.30.W5.S1) and character.