Ezekiel 23:15:11Ezek.23.15.W11TAB
בְּנֵֽי־בָבֶל֙
beneivavel
“sons of Babylon”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-va-VEL
- Extended
- beh-NEE-va-VEHL
- IPA
- /bəneː.vaˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of Babylon
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-NEI-va-VEL
- phraseyour reading level
de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL
- clause
de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM
- sentence
kha-go-REI e-ZOR be-mat-ne-HEM se-ru-KHEI te-vu-LIM be-ra-she-HEM mar-E sha-li-SHIM ku-LAM de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM
Exegesis
The construct chain dəmūt bənê-ḇāḇel kaśdîm ʾereṣ mōlad-tām {דְּמוּת בְּנֵי־בָבֶל כַּשְׂדִּים אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתָּם | də-mūṯ bə-nê-ḇā-ḇel kaś-dîm ʾe-reṣ mō-lad-tām} links their likeness to the sons of Babylon, the Chaldeans, by specifying their native land. English prepositional and appositional phrases mirror the Hebrew construct relationships.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–lamed–lamed
“to mix, confuse”
In context — Ezekiel 23:15
Girded with sashes around their waists and with flowing dyed cloths upon their heads, they had the appearance of officers , all of them like the sons of Babylon, the Chaldeans, of the land of their birth.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 23:15, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵֽי־בָבֶל֙ (beneivavel) 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 Ezek.23.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.15.W11.S1) and character.