Genesis 16:11:8Gen.16.11.W8TAB

בֵּ֑ן

ben

a son

Transliteration
BEN
Extended
BEHN
IPA
/ˈbeːn/

Meaning by language

English
a son

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    BEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yo-LADT BEN

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer LAH ma-le-AKH Ye-ho-VAH hin-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LADT BEN ve-ka-RAAT she-MO yi-she-ma-EL ki-sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH el-on-YEKH

Exegesis

The following veyoladet {וְיֹלַדְתְּ | wə-yō-laḏt} ‘and you will bear’ sets the future action, with ben {בֵּן | bēn} ‘son’ as its direct object.

In contextGenesis 16:11

And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Look, you are pregnant and will bear a son; you shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction .”

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 16:11, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֑ן (ben) 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 Gen.16.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.11.W8.S1) and character.