1 Chronicles 15:20:91 Chr.15.20.W9TAB
בִּנְבָלִ֖ים
binvelim
“with harps”
- Transliteration
- bin-ve-LIM
- Extended
- bihn-veh-LIIM
- IPA
- /bin.vaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with harps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bin-ve-LIM
- clause
bin-ve-LIM al-a-la-MOT
- sentence
u-ze-khar-YA va-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI ve-e-li-AV u-ma-a-se-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu bin-ve-LIM al-a-la-MOT
Exegesis
The phrase binvalim {בִּנְבָלִים | bin-vā-lîm} “with harps” combines the preposition be {בְּ | bə} “with” and nevelim {נֶבֶלִים | nevelim} “harps” in its plural form, indicating the musical medium.
Root and etymology
n-b-l
“skin-bottle, lyre, harp”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:20
Zecharyah , Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah played the harps in the alamoth .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 15:20, so the Hebrew word בִּנְבָלִ֖ים (binvelim) 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 1 Chr.15.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.20.W9.S1) and character.