1 Samuel 17:12:121 Sam.17.12.W12TAB
בָנִ֑ים
vanim
“sons”
- Transliteration
- va-NIM
- Extended
- vaa-NEEM
- IPA
- /vɔˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NA va-NIM
- clause
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
Exegesis
The idiom velo shmona banim {וְל֖וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֣ה בָנִ֑ים | wə-lō šəmōnā bənîm} ‘and to him eight sons’ functions as a possessive expression (‘he had eight sons’).
Root and etymology
b-n-y
“between”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse ; he had eight sons, and in the days of Saul he was old .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word בָנִ֑ים (vanim) 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 Sam.17.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.12.W12.S1) and character.