בְּנֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּנֵ֣י

   be-NEI

   of the sons of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן

   be-NEI a-MON

   of the sons of Ammon
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֤י לָהֶם֙ הַגְּב֔וּל יַעְזֵר֙ וְכָל־עָרֵ֣י הַגִּלְעָ֔ד וַחֲצִ֕י אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן

   va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GEV-ul ya-a-ZER ve-KHOL-a-REI hag-gil-AD va-kha-TZI E-retz be-NEI a-MON

   and there was for them the border Jazer and all the cities of the Gilead and half land of the sons of Ammon
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֤י לָהֶם֙ הַגְּב֔וּל יַעְזֵר֙ וְכָל־עָרֵ֣י הַגִּלְעָ֔ד וַחֲצִ֕י אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן עַד־עֲרוֹעֵ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י רַבָּֽה׃

   va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GEV-ul ya-a-ZER ve-KHOL-a-REI hag-gil-AD va-kha-TZI E-retz be-NEI a-MON ad-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-pe-NEI ra-BA

   and there was for them the border Jazer and all the cities of the Gilead and half land of the sons of Ammon to Aroer which on the front of Rabbah

Exegesis

Construct chains unite place names: yaʿzer vekhol-arei hagilad {יַעְזֵר וְכָל־עָרֵי הַגִּלְעָ֔ד | yaʿ-zêr wə-khol-ʿă-rê ha-gil-ʿāḏ} ‘Jazer and all the cities of Gilead’, and vehatsi eretz benei ʿAmmon {וַחֲצִ֕י אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן | wa-ḥa-ṣî ʾe-reṣ bə-nê ʿam-môn} ‘and half the land of the sons of Ammon’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ב־ן־יb n y

“sons, descendants”

• 🔊 בֵּןbensonExodus 2:10