Numbers 22:35:6Num.22.35.W6TAB
עִם־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
imhaanashim
“with the men”
- Transliteration
- im-ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- eem-hah-ah-na-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʕim.ha.ʔa.naˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER
- sentence
va-yo-MER mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM LEKH im-ha-a-na-SHIM ve-EFES et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-a-da-BER e-LE-kha o-TO te-da-BER va-ye-LEKH bil-AM im-sa-REI va-LAK
Exegesis
The command employs the Qal imperative lekh {לֵ֚ךְ | lêkh} ‘go’ with the prepositional phrase im-ha-anashim {עִם־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | ʿim ha-ʾănāšîm} ‘with the men’, indicating accompaniment.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-mem
“people”
In context — Numbers 22:35
The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you; you shall speak it.” So Balaam went with Balak’s princes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:35:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:35, so the Hebrew word עִם־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים (imhaanashim) 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.22.35.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.35.W6.S1) and character.