Joshua 13:23:4Josh.13.23.W4TAB
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
reuven
“of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /rɛʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI re-u-VEN
- clause
va-ye-HI ge-VUL be-NEI re-u-VEN ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL
- 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
b-n-nbet–nun–nun
“son, descendant”
In context — Joshua 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 13:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:23, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵ֔ן (reuven) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.23.W4.S1) and character.