בְּנָי֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּנָי֥וֹת

   be-na-YOT

   in Naioth
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בנוית בְּנָי֥וֹת בָּרָמָֽה׃

   b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA

   in Naioth in Naioth in Ramah
3. clause🔊 וַתְּהִי֩ עָלָ֨יו גַּם־ה֜וּא ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א עַד־בֹּא֖וֹ בנוית בְּנָי֥וֹת בָּרָמָֽה׃

   va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA

   and it was upon him also he spirit or breath God and he went going and he prophesied until his coming in Naioth in Naioth in Ramah
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שָׁ֔ם אֶל־נָוֹ֖ית בָּרָמָ֑ה וַתְּהִי֩ עָלָ֨יו גַּם־ה֜וּא ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א עַד־בֹּא֖וֹ בנוית בְּנָי֥וֹת בָּרָמָֽה׃

   va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA

   and he went there to Naioth in Ramah and it was upon him also he spirit or breath God and he went going and he prophesied until his coming in Naioth in Naioth in Ramah

Exegesis

The preposition ʿad {עַד־ | ʿad} ‘until’ plus the construct bōʾô {בֹּא֖וֹ | bōʾô} ‘his coming’ sets the temporal limit, and the location is reinforced by repeated bə-nāyōṯ {בנוית | bə-nāyōṯ} and bə-nāyōṯ {בְּנָי֥וֹת | bə-nāyōṯ} ‘in Naioth’ and the final bārāmā {בָּרָמָֽה | bārāmā} ‘Ramah’, framing the spatial setting while rendering Hebrew VSO narrative into English SVO with retained emphasis on motion and divine agency.

Root and etymology

נ־ב־א🔊 nun–beth–aleph

“prophecy”

• 🔊 נָבִיאnabiprophet1 Samuel 10:10