2 Samuel 16:11:62 Sam.16.11.W6TAB
בְנִ֛י
veni
“my son”
- Transliteration
- ve-NI
- Extended
- veh-NEE
- IPA
- /vəˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my son
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-NI
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE ve-NI
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI ve-el-kol-a-va-DAIV hi-NE ve-NI a-sher-ya-TSA mi-ME-ai me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI ve-el-kol-a-va-DAIV hi-NE ve-NI a-sher-ya-TSA mi-ME-ai me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI ve-AF ki-a-TA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI ha-NI-khu LO vi-kal-LEL KI a-MAR-lo ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The emphatic particle hinneh {הִנֵּה | hin-nê} ‘behold’ highlights beni {בְּנִי | bə-nî} ‘my son’ in the relative clause asher yatza mime’ai {אֲשֶׁר־יָצָא מִמְּעַי | ʾă-šer yā-ṣā mim-me-ʿay} ‘who came forth from my inward parts’, an idiom for direct offspring.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:11
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants , “Behold, my son who came forth from my own body is seeking my life; how much more now this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to do so.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 16:11, so the Hebrew word בְנִ֛י (veni) 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 2 Sam.16.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.11.W6.S1) and character.