Numbers 25:14:9Num.25.14.W9TAB
נָשִׂיא
nasi
“chief”
- Transliteration
- na-SI
- Extended
- naa-SEE
- IPA
- /naˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- chief
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
na-SI
- sentence
ve-SHEM-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mu-KEH a-SHER hu-KAH ET-ha-mid-ya-NIT zim-RI ben-sa-LU-a na-SI BEIT-AV la-shim-o-NI
Exegesis
The name zimri ben salu {זִמְרִ֖י בֶּן־סָל֑וּא | zim-rî ben-sā-lû-ʾā} provides personal identification, and the construct chain nesi beit-av lashimoni {נְשִׂיא בֵֽית־אָ֖ב לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי | nə-sîʾ bēt-ʾāḇ la-šim-ʿō-nî} ‘leader of a father’s house of the Simeonite’ integrates social rank and tribal affiliation. This sequence of passive forms and construct chains creates emphasis on communal judgment and lineage.
Root and etymology
“to lift up, lead”
In context — Numbers 25:14
And the name of the Israelite man who was struck with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 25:14, so the Hebrew word נָשִׂיא (nasi) 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.25.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.14.W9.S1) and character.