Genesis 19:4:7Gen.19.4.W7PAT

נָסַ֣בּוּ

nasabbu

surrounded

Transliteration
na-SAB-bu
Extended
nah-SAHB-boo
IPA
/naː.ˈsab.buː/

Meaning by language

English
surrounded
French
entourèrent
Spanish
rodearon
Portuguese
cercaram
German
umringten
Russian
окружили
Arabic-Simplified
أَحَاطُوا
Hindi
घेर लिया
Chinese-Simplified
围住了
Korean
에워쌌다
Indonesian
mengelilingi
Bengali
ঘিরে ধরল
Tagalog
pinalibutan
Swahili
walizingira
Amharic
ከበቡ
Yoruba
yí ká
Igbo
gbara gburugburu
Twi
atwa ho ahyia
Ewe
ɖe xlã

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Result
נָ + סַ֣ב + בּוּ
na + sab + bu
nasabbu

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-SAB-bu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit

  3. clause

    TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN

  4. sentence

    TE-rem yish-ka-VU ve-an-SHEI ha-IR an-SHEI se-DOM na-SAB-bu al-ha-BA-yit min-NA-ar ve-ad-za-KEN kol-ha-AM mik-ka-TSE

In contextGenesis 19:4

before they lay down and the men of the city the men of Sodom all the people from the edge from young man and unto old man surrounded upon the house

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:4, so the Hebrew word נָסַ֣בּוּ (nasabbu) 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 Gen.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.4.W7.S1) and character.