אֲנַחְנוּ

«אֲנַחְנוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: we — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 120 times · Key: 587 · BDB: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ

Glosses

we (117); [are].we (3)

Meaning (OSHB)

we tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron. pl. comm. we tree →

The whole BDB entry

pron. 1 pl. comm. we (the pl. corresp. to אָנֹכִי, as אֲנוּ to אֲנִי; v. WSG p. 100; Ph. אנחן, Aramaic אֲנַחְנָא, 𝔗 also נַחְנָא, Syriac ܐܶܢܚܢܰܢ, ܐܶܢܰܚܢܰܢ, ܚܢܰܢ, Arabic نَحْنُ, Ethiopic ንሕነ ) Gn 13:8; 29:4; 37:7; 42:11, 13; Nu 9:7; Dt 1:28, 41; Jo 2:17, 18, etc. Like אֲנִי, following a ptcp. as its subj. Gn 19:13; Nu 10:29; Ju 19:18 2 K 18:26; appended to a vb. for emph. Ju 9:28 2 K 10:4; Is 20:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲנַחְנוּ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Jeremiah 8:20

עָבַ֥ר קָצִ֖יר כָּ֣לָה קָ֑יִץ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ ל֥וֹא נוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

Word for word: it.has.passed harvest it.has.come.to.an.end summer and we not we.have.been.saved

JPS 1917: 'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'

Genesis 42:31

וַנֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ לֹ֥א הָיִ֖ינוּ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃

Word for word: and we.said to him [are].honest we not we.are spies

JPS 1917: And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.

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