Joshua 13:23:3Josh.13.23.W3TAB

בְּנֵ֣י

benei

of the sons

Transliteration
be-NEI
Extended
beh-NEI
IPA
/bəˈnej/

Meaning by language

English
of the sons

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Result
בְּ + נֵ֣י
be + nei
benei

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI re-u-VEN

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ge-VUL be-NEI re-u-VEN ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ge-VUL be-NEI re-u-VEN ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL ZOT na-ha-LAT be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam he-a-RIM ve-hats-re-HEN

Exegesis

The noun gəvûl {גְּבוּל֙ | gəvûl} ‘border’ heads the first clause, linking to bᵉnê-rəʾūvên {בְּנֵ֣י־רְאוּבֵ֔ן | bᵉnê-rəʾūvên} ‘sons of Reuben’ and ha-yarden {הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן | ha-yǎr-ḏēn} ‘the Jordan’.

Root and etymology

Rootb n y

sons, descendants

In contextJoshua 13:23

And the boundary of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan ; this was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families—the cities and their villages.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:23, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵ֣י (benei) 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.13.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.23.W3.S1) and character.