Numbers 27:1:9Num.27.1.W9TAB

מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה

menasheh

“of Manasseh”

Transliteration: me-na-SHEH
Extended: meh-nah-SHEH
IPA: /mənaˈʃe/

Meaning by language

English: of Manasseh

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

מְ + נַ + שֶּׁ֣ה

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me + na + sheh

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menasheh

Alphabet Analysis

	Mem	m as in mother
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
me-na-SHEH
phraseyour reading level
me-na-SHEH ven-yo-SEF
clause
va-tik-RAV-na be-NOT tsel-af-KHAD ben-KHE-fer ben-gil-AD ben-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-KHOT me-na-SHEH ven-yo-SEF
sentence
va-tik-RAV-na be-NOT tsel-af-KHAD ben-KHE-fer ben-gil-AD ben-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-KHOT me-na-SHEH ven-yo-SEF ve-E-le she-MOT be-no-TAV makh-LA no-A ve-khogh-LA u-mil-KA ve-tir-TSA

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase lemishpakhot menasheh ben-yosef {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת מְנַשֶּׁה בֶּן־יוֹסֵ֑ף | lə-mišpāḥōṯ mənaššēh ben-yōsep̄} indicates clan affiliation.

In context — Numbers 27:1

Then the daughters of Zelophehad , the son of Hepher, the son of Gilʿad, the son of Makhir, the son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph, came forward. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtzah.

About this coordinate

Numbers 27:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 27:1, so the Hebrew word מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה (menasheh) 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.27.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.27.1.W9.S1) and character.

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