Exodus 14:10:13Exod.14.10.W13TAB

בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

veneiyisrael

“sons of Israel”

Transliteration: ve-nei-yis-ra-EL
Extended: veh-nee-yis-rah-EHL
IPA: /və.neː.jis.raːˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English: sons of Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְ + נֵֽ + ייִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֖ל

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ve + nei + yis + ra + el

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veneiyisrael

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
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Lamed	l as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-nei-yis-ra-EL
phraseyour reading level
va-yits-a-KU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL
clause
va-yis-U ve-nei-yis-ra-EL et-ei-nei-HEM ve-hin-NEH mits-RA-yim no-SE-a a-kha-rei-HEM va-yir-U me-OD va-yits-a-KU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH
sentence
u-far-OH hik-RIV va-yis-U ve-nei-yis-ra-EL et-ei-nei-HEM ve-hin-NEH mits-RA-yim no-SE-a a-kha-rei-HEM va-yir-U me-OD va-yits-a-KU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

This is followed by the vav-consecutive vayis'u {וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩ | vayisʾû} ‘and they lifted,’ linking the construct bnei Yisra'el {בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bənē-Yiśrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ to the direct object et einehem {אֶת־עֵינֵיהֶ֜ם | ʾet ʿênê-hem} ‘their eyes.’

Root and etymology

b-n-ybeth-nun-yod

“to build; son”

In context — Exodus 14:10

And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, Egypt was marching after them, and they were greatly afraid, and the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD .

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 14:10, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (veneiyisrael) 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 Exod.14.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.10.W13.S1) and character.

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