2 Samuel 18:33:112 Sam.18.33.W11TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:1
בְּנִ֣י
beni
“my son”
- Transliteration
- be-NI
- Extended
- beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NI
- phraseyour reading level
be-NI be-NI av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yir-GAZ ha-ME-lekh va-YA-al al-a-li-YAT ha-sha-AR va-YEV-kekh u-ve-KHO a-MAR be-NI av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI av-sha-LOM mi-yit-TEN mu-TI a-NI takh-te-KHA av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI
Exegesis
The lament’s repetition of beni avshalom {בְּנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם | bə-ni ’Av-sha-lom} ‘my son Absalom’ employs parallelism to heighten anguish.
Root and etymology
ʾ-b-naleph–bet–nun
“stone”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was shaken and went up to the upper room over the gate and wept ; and as he was going, he said, “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—Absalom, my son, my son!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:33:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 18:33, so the Hebrew word בְּנִ֣י (beni) 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.18.33.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.33.W11.S1) and character.