1 Samuel 17:13:31 Sam.17.13.W3TAB
בְּנֵֽי־יִשַׁי֙
beneiyishai
“sons of Jesse”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-yi-shai
- Extended
- beh-NEE-yee-shai
- IPA
- /bəneː.ˈjiʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of Jesse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-NEI-yi-shai
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai
- clause
va-YE-le-khu she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai ha-ge-do-LIM hal-KHU a-kha-REI-sha-ul la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-YE-le-khu she-LO-shet be-NEI-yi-shai ha-ge-do-LIM hal-KHU a-kha-REI-sha-ul la-mil-kha-MA ve-SHEM she-LO-shet ba-NAV a-SHER hal-KHU ba-mil-kha-MA e-li-AV ha-be-KHOR u-mish-NE-hu a-vi-na-DAV ve-ha-she-li-SHI sha-MA
Exegesis
The construct chain shloshet bnei-Yishai {שְׁלֹשֶׁת בְּנֵי־יִשַׁי | šəlōšeṯ bə·nē yišāy} ‘three sons of Jesse’ is modified by hagdolim {הַגְּדֹלִים | ha·gə·dō·lîm} ‘the eldest.’
In context — 1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the war ; the sons who went were Eliab the firstborn , Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:13, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵֽי־יִשַׁי֙ (beneiyishai) 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.17.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.13.W3.S1) and character.