וּבְנֵ֨י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְנֵ֨י

   u-ve-NE

   and sons of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן

   u-ve-NE a-MON

   and sons of Ammon
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן אֶ֣לֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם מִן־אֲרַ֨ם נַהֲרַ֜יִם וּמִן־אֲרַ֤ם מַעֲכָה֙ וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה רֶ֖כֶב וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃

   va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM

   and he sent Hanun and sons of Ammon a thousand talent of silver to hire for them from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah chariotry or chariots and horsemen
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּרְאוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֥י הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ עִם־דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חָ֠נוּן וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן אֶ֣לֶף כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לָ֠הֶם מִן־אֲרַ֨ם נַהֲרַ֜יִם וּמִן־אֲרַ֤ם מַעֲכָה֙ וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה רֶ֖כֶב וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃

   va-yir-E-u be-NE a-MON KI hit-be-a-SHU im-da-VID va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM

   and they saw sons of Ammon that they had made themselves stink or they had become offensive with David and he sent Hanun and sons of Ammon a thousand talent of silver to hire for them from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah chariotry or chariots and horsemen

Exegesis

The phrase benê ʿammôn {בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן | benê ʿammôn} ‘sons of Ammon’ functions as subject, establishing the Ammonite leadership as the agent.

The second vav-consecutive wayyišlaḥ {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent’ begins a coordinated clause with ḥānûn {חָנוּן | ḥānûn} as agent, resumed by u-benê-ʿammôn {וּבְנֵי־עַמּוֹן | u-benê-ʿammôn}.

Root and etymology

b-n-y🔊 ב־נ־י

“son”

• 🔊 בֵּןbēnsonGenesis 4:1