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

Result
בִּנְ + בָ + לִ֖ים
bin + ve + lim
binvelim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    bin-ve-LIM

  2. clause

    bin-ve-LIM al-a-la-MOT

  3. 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 context1 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.