Exodus 19:3:14Exod.19.3.W14TAB
לִבְנֵ֥י
livnee
“to the sons”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEE
- Extended
- leev-NEE
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
liv-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
u-mo-SHEH a-LAA el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yik-RA e-LAV Ye-ho-VAH min-ha-HAR le-MOR KOH to-a-MAR le-BEET ya-a-KOV ve-tag-GEED liv-NEE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chains lebeit yaakov {לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב | lə-bêt ya-ʿă-qōb} and livnei yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | liv-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} specify the addressees in familial and national terms.
In context — Exodus 19:3
Moses ascended to God , and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and what you shall tell the sons of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 19:3, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֥י (livnee) 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.19.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.3.W14.S1) and character.