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

Result
בְּ + נֵֽי + בָ + בֶל֙
be + nei + va + vel
beneivavel

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NEI-va-VEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL

  3. clause

    de-MUT be-NEI-va-VEL kas-dim E-rets mo-lad-TAM

  4. 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 contextEzekiel 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.