Joshua 14:1:3Josh.14.1.W3TAB
בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
veneiyisrael
“the sons of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- Extended
- veh-NEH-yeeS-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /vɛˈneː.jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sons of Israel
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- clause
ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an
- 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.
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 14:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 14:1, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (veneiyisrael) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.1.W3.S1) and character.