Exodus 19:1:4Exod.19.1.W4TAB
בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
behneeyisrael
“sons of Israel”
- Transliteration
- beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- beh-NEE-yees-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /bəneː jisraˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of Israel
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim
- sentence
ba-KHO-desh ha-shlee-SHEE leh-TSE-et beh-NEE-yis-ra-EL meh-EH-rets mits-RAA-yim ba-YOM ha-ZEH BAA-u mid-BAR see-NAI
Exegesis
The infinitive clause letset bnei-Yisrael {לְצֵ֥את בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | lə-ṣēʾt bə-nê-yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘at the going out of the sons of Israel’ acts as a reference point tied to the Exodus.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–resh–heh
“to strive”
In context — Exodus 19:1
In the third month after the sons of Israel went out from the land of Egypt, on that same day they entered the wilderness of Sinai.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 19:1, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (behneeyisrael) 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.19.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.1.W4.S1) and character.