Genesis 49:5:2Gen.49.5.W2TAB
וְלֵוִ֖י
velevi
“and Levi”
- Transliteration
- ve-le-VI
- Extended
- veh-leh-VEE
- IPA
- /wə.le.ˈwiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Levi
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-le-VI
- phraseyour reading level
shim-ON ve-le-VI
- clause
shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHIM
- sentence
shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHIM ke-LEI kha-MAS me-khe-ro-TEI-hem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinated proper nouns Shim'on {שִׁמְעוֹן | šim-ʿôn} and veLevi {וְלֵוִי | wə-lê-wî}, forming a compound subject.
In context — Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 49:5, so the Hebrew word וְלֵוִ֖י (velevi) 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.49.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.5.W2.S1) and character.