Numbers 22:9:6Num.22.9.W6TAB
הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
haanashim
“are the men”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- hah-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ha.ʔa.naˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- are the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-a-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le
- clause
va-yo-MER MI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le im-MAKH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM va-yo-MER MI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le im-MAKH
Exegesis
The interrogative mî {מִי | mî} ‘who’ is fronted to introduce the direct question, with the demonstrative hā-ʼănāšîm hā-ʼēlleh {הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה | hāʼănāšîm hāʼēlleh} ‘the men these’ emphasizing particular participants, and the suffix in ʿimmāḵ {עִמָּךְ | ʿimmāḵ} ‘with you’ marking association, all rendered in SVO order in English to preserve rhetorical effect.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-šaleph-nun-shin
“man, human being”
In context — Numbers 22:9
And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:9, so the Hebrew word הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים (haanashim) 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.22.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.9.W6.S1) and character.