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title: נַחְנוּ — we · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַחְנוּ (5168), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: we. BDB 1906: pron. pl. we. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַחְנוּ

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«נַחְנוּ» 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.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 5168 · **BDB:** נַ֫חְנוּ

### Glosses

we (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

we [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5168/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron. pl. we [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5168/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pron. 1 pl. we (abbrev. from אֲנַחְנוּ; cf. the forms نَحْنُ, ንሕነ נַחְנָא, just cited; also Assyrian nîni) Gn 42:11; Ex 16:7, 8; Nu 32:32; La 3:42. (In 2 S 17:12 נַחְנוּ is 1 pl. perf. Qal from נוּחַ.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 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 «נַחְנוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5168/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.42/)

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נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ס

*Word for word:* we we.have.transgressed and we.have.rebelled you not you.have.forgiven

*JPS 1917:* We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.

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[Genesis 42:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.11/)

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כֻּלָּ֕נוּ בְּנֵ֥י אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד נָ֑חְנוּ כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ לֹא־הָי֥וּ עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* of.us all \[are\].sons of.a.man one we \[are\].honest we not they.are servants your spies

*JPS 1917:* We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'

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