בְּנֵ֨י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּנֵ֨י

   be-NE

   sons of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב

   be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV

   sons of Ammon and Moab
3. clause🔊 וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַר־שֵׂעִ֖יר לְהַחֲרִ֣ים וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד

   va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID

   and they stood up sons of Ammon and Moab against inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote to destruction and to destroy
4. sentence🔊 וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַר־שֵׂעִ֖יר לְהַחֲרִ֣ים וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃

   va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT

   and they stood up sons of Ammon and Moab against inhabitants of Mount Seir to devote to destruction and to destroy and when they finished them with inhabitants of Seir they helped a man against his companion to destroy

Exegesis

The construct bənê ʿammôn {בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן | bənê ʿammôn} ‘sons of Ammon’ coordinated with wəmoʾâv {וּמוֹאָב | wə-mo-ʼāv} identifies the allied aggressors, while yōšəḇê hār se‘îr {יֹשְׁבֵי הַר־שֵׂעִיר | yōšəḇê hār se‘îr} ‘inhabitants of Mount Seir’ marks their target.