Genesis 42:21:6Gen.42.21.W6PAT

אֲנַחְנוּ֮

anakhnu

we

Transliteration
a-nakh-NU
Extended
ah-nahkh-NOO
IPA
/ʔă.naħˈnuː/

Meaning by language

English
we
French
nous
Spanish
nosotros
Portuguese
nós
German
wir
Russian
мы
Arabic-Simplified
نحن
Hindi
हम
Chinese-Simplified
我们
Korean
우리는
Indonesian
kami
Bengali
আমরা
Tagalog
kami
Swahili
sisi
Amharic
እኛ
Yoruba
awa
Igbo
anyị
Twi
yɛn
Ewe
mía

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֲ + נַחְ + נוּ֮
a + nakh + nu
anakhnu

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-nakh-NU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU

  3. clause

    va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu

  4. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT

In contextGenesis 42:21

they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word אֲנַחְנוּ֮ (anakhnu) 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.42.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W6.S1) and character.