נַחְנוּ
nachnûw · H5168 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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we
Referent to the speaker or writer in a discourse, including those associated to him or her
ExamplesGenesis 42:11 “We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”
Exodus 16:7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your grumblings against the LORD; and what are we, that you grumble against us?”
Exodus 16:8 And Moses said, “This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָבַרto pass 1
- פָּשַׁעto rebel 1
What it is said to bePredicate
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- מָהwhat?, why? 2
- בֵּןson 1
- וֹhim 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἡμεῖς hēmeîs · G2249 · we
- Greek ἡμεῖς represents the emphatic form of first-person plural pronoun, used when stress or contrast is intended, whereas Hebrew נַחְנוּ serves as the standard independent first-person plural pronoun without inherent emphatic marking.
- אֲנַחְנָא ʼănachnâʼ · H586 · we
- Aramaic cognate reflex of Hebrew נַחְנוּ, both denoting first-person plural pronoun 'we' with identical pronominal function across the sister languages.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Object Referents003001
- נַחְנוּ, "we," is the first-person plural independent pronoun, used to refer collectively to the speakers themselves, as in Numbers 32:32's declaration "we will cross over armed," functioning as a grammatical reference to the speaking group.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5168. nachnu נָחְ֑נוּ נַ֫חְנוּ, pronoun 1 plural we (abbreviated from אֲנַחְנוּ; compare…
נָחְ֑נוּ נַ֫חְנוּ, pronoun 1 plural we (abbreviated from אֲנַחְנוּ; compare the forms , נַחְנָא, just cited; also Assyrian nîni) Gen 42:11; Exo 16:7-8, Num 32:32; Lam 3:42. (In 2Sa 17:12 נַחְנוּ is 1 plural perfect Qal from נוּחַ.)
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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