2 Samuel 19:17:42 Sam.19.17.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:18
מִבְּנְיָמִ֖ן
mibeneyamin
“from Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- mi-be-ne-ya-MIN
- Extended
- mih-beh-neh-yah-MIHN
- IPA
- /mib.bə.nə.jaˈmin/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Benjamin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-be-ne-ya-MIN
- clause
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO
- sentence
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN lif-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verse presents a cumulative list: u'elef {וּאֵלֶף | wə-ʾê-lep} ‘and a thousand’ establishes the main subject, followed by mibēnyāmīn {מִבִּנְיָמִן | mib-bī-nyā-mīn} ‘from Benjamin.’
In context — 2 Samuel 19:17
And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin, and Ziba, servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants were with him, and they crossed the Jordan before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:17, so the Hebrew word מִבְּנְיָמִ֖ן (mibeneyamin) 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.19.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.17.W4.S1) and character.