Joshua 13:15:4Josh.13.15.W4TAB
בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵ֖ן
beneireuven
“of the children of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- Extended
- beh-NEE-reh-oo-VEN
- IPA
- /bənej-rəʔuˈven/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the children of Reuben
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- sentence
va-yi-TEN mo-SHEH le-ma-TEH be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-matteh {לְמַטֵּ֥ה | lə-mattēh} ‘to tribe’ enters a construct chain with bene {בְנֵֽי־ | bə-nē} ‘sons of’ and then reuven {רְאוּבֵ֖ן | rəʾûḇēn} ‘Reuben’, forming “to the tribe of the sons of Reuben.”
Root and etymology
b-n-nbet–nun–nun
“son, descendant”
In context — Joshua 13:15
Moses gave the tribe of the descendants of Reuben their inheritance according to their clans .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:15, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵ֖ן (beneireuven) 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 Josh.13.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.15.W4.S1) and character.