Joshua 14:1:16Josh.14.1.W16TAB
לִבְנֵ֥י
livnei
“for the sons of”
- Transliteration
- li-vnei
- Extended
- lee-vNEH-ee
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sons of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
li-vnei
- phraseyour reading level
li-vnei yis-ra-EL
- clause
a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The final dative phrase libnei Yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | li-və-nê yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘for the sons of Israel’ specifies the beneficiaries of this allotment.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner self”
In context — Joshua 14:1
And these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which were allotted to them by Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 14:1, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֥י (livnei) 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.14.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.1.W16.S1) and character.