Genesis 19:14:17Gen.19.14.W17TAB
בְּעֵינֵ֥י
beenei
“in the eyes of”
- Transliteration
- be-e-NEI
- Extended
- beh-eh-NEE
- IPA
- /bə.ʕeːˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the eyes of
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
be-e-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
- clause
va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LOT va-ye-da-BER el-kha-ta-NAV lo-ke-KHEI ve-no-TAV va-yo-MER KU-mu tse-U min-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-ma-she-KHIT Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-IR va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
Exegesis
The narrative evaluation begins with vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} ‘and it was’, followed by the comparative k'imtsachek {כִמְצַחֵק | kimṣaḥēq} ‘as joking’ and the perspective be'einei chatanav {בְּעֵינֵי חֲתָנָיו | bəʿênê ḥăṯānāyw}, highlighting the tragic contrast between the urgent warning and its dismissive reception.
In context — Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, those who had taken his daughters, and said, “Get up, go out from this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed like one joking.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 19:14, so the Hebrew word בְּעֵינֵ֥י (beenei) 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.19.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.14.W17.S1) and character.