Psalm 20:8:4Ps.20.8.W4TABWLC Psalms 20:9
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ
vaanakhnu
“but we”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NAKH-nu
- Extended
- vah-ah-NAKH-noo
- IPA
- /vaʔăˈnaħ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but we
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-NAKH-nu
- phraseyour reading level
HE-MA KHA-re-U ve-na-FE-lu va-a-NAKH-nu KAM-nu
- sentence
HE-MA KHA-re-U ve-na-FE-lu va-a-NAKH-nu KAM-nu va-nit-o-DA-d
Exegesis
The verse employs a chiastic parallelism centered on the pronouns hemah {הֵמָּה | hêmmāh} ‘they’ and va-anachnu {וַאֲנַחְנוּ | waʾănāḥnû} ‘but we’, each governing a pair of verbs.
In context — Psalm 20:8
They sink down and fall, but we rise and stand upright .
About this coordinate
Psalm 20:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ (vaanakhnu) 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.20.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.20.8.W4.S1) and character.