2 Samuel 23:27:32 Sam.23.27.W3TAB
מְבֻנַּ֖י
mevunai
“Mebunnai”
- Transliteration
- me-vu-NAI
- Extended
- meh-voo-NAI
- IPA
- /mə.vunˈːaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mebunnai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
me-vu-NAI
- sentence
a-vi-E-zer ha-a-ne-TO-ti me-vu-NAI ha-khu-sha-TI
Exegesis
The verse employs an appositional pattern pairing each proper name with a gentilic adjective: aviezer {אֲבִיעֶזֶר | ʾă-ḇî-ʿê-zer} ‘Abiezer’ is followed by ha-anetoti {הָעֲנְּתֹתִי | hâ-ʿăn-nə-tô-ṯî} ‘the Anathothite’, and similarly mevunnai {מְבֻנַּי | mə-bun-nā-î} ‘Mebunnai’ with ha-khushati {הַחֻשָׁתִי | ha-ḥu-šā-ṯî} ‘the Hushathite’. The absence of conjunctions in Hebrew creates a terse, coordinate list, which English renders with “and” or prepositional phrases. The definite article on gentilic adjectives is integrated into the English nominal phrase, preserving origin identification.
Root and etymology
ב-נ-הbet–nun–he
“to build”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:27
Abiezer the Anathothite and Mebunnai the Hushathite .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:27, so the Hebrew word מְבֻנַּ֖י (mevunai) 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.23.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.27.W3.S1) and character.