1 Chronicles 21:6:21 Chr.21.6.W2TAB
וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן
uvinyamin
“and Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- u-vin-ya-MIN
- Extended
- oo-vihn-yah-MEEN
- IPA
- /u.vin.jaːˈmiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Benjamin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-vin-ya-MIN
- clause
ve-le-VI u-vin-ya-MIN LO fa-KAD be-to-KHAM
- sentence
ve-le-VI u-vin-ya-MIN LO fa-KAD be-to-KHAM ki-nit-e-AV de-VAR-ha-ME-lekh et-yo-AV
Exegesis
The opening conjunction ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’ links the subjects Levi {לֵוִי | lē-vî} ‘Levi’ and Benjamin {בִנְיָמִ֔ן | vin-yā-mîn} ‘Benjamin’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:6
But Levi and Benjamin were not counted among them, because the king’s command was loathsome to Joab.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 21:6, so the Hebrew word וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן (uvinyamin) 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.21.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.6.W2.S1) and character.