Psalm 18:17:4Ps.18.17.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:18
וּמְשַׂנְאַ֖י
umesaneai
“and those who hate me”
- Transliteration
- u-me-sa-ne-AI
- Extended
- oo-meh-sah-neh-AI
- IPA
- /uməsaːnˈʔaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and those who hate me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-me-sa-ne-AI
- sentence
ye-tsi-LE-ni me-O-ye-VI AZ u-me-sa-ne-AI KI-AM-tsu mi-ME-ni
Exegesis
The parallel umishəna'ai {וּמִשְּׂנָאַי | û-miś-śə-na-ʾāy} expands the danger to include haters as a collective plural construct with suffix.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–nun–aleph
“to hate”
In context — Psalm 18:17
He delivered me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were stronger than I.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:17, so the Hebrew word וּמְשַׂנְאַ֖י (umesaneai) 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 Ps.18.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.17.W4.S1) and character.