2 Samuel 23:32:32 Sam.23.32.W3TAB
בְּנֵ֥י
benei
“sons of”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI
- Extended
- beh-NEE
- IPA
- /bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI ya-SHEN
- sentence
e-lyakh-BA ha-sha-al-vo-NI be-NEI ya-SHEN ye-ho-na-TAN
Exegesis
The verse presents a concise asyndetic list beginning with elyahba {אֶלְיַחְבָּא֙ | ʾel-yaḥ-bā} ‘Elyahba’, a proper noun in apposition; followed by the gentilic adjective ha-sha‘alboni {הַשַּׁ֣עַלְבֹנִ֔י | ha-ša‘al-bō-nî} ‘Shaalbonite’ with the definite article marking origin; then the construct chain benei yashen {בְּנֵ֥י יָשֵׁ֖ן | bᵉ-nē yā-šen} ‘sons of Yashen’ indicating clan descent; and concluding with the proper noun yehonatan {יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ | yᵉ-hō-nā-tān} ‘Jonathan’. The omission of conjunctions until the final element reflects Hebrew list syntax, and the article on ha-sha‘alboni situates the gentilic specifically. English apposition preserves this sequence, rendering clan association and personal names distinctly.
Root and etymology
ב-נ-הbet–nun–he
“to build”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:32
Elyahba the Shaalbonite , the sons of Yashen, Jonathan .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:32, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵ֥י (benei) 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.23.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.32.W3.S1) and character.