Joshua 15:8:4Josh.15.8.W4TAB
בֶן־הִנֹּ֗ם
venhinnom
“of the son of Hinnom”
- Transliteration
- ven-hin-NOM
- Extended
- ven-hin-NOHM
- IPA
- /vɛnː hinˈnoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the son of Hinnom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ven-hin-NOM
- phraseyour reading level
GEI ven-hin-NOM
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL GEI ven-hin-NOM el-KE-tef hai-vu-SI mi-NE-gev HI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL GEI ven-hin-NOM el-KE-tef hai-vu-SI mi-NE-gev HI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-a-LA hag-VOOL el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI gei-hin-NOM ya-MAH a-SHER bik-TSEH E-mek-re-fa-IM tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
A primary construct chain gei ben-hinnom {גֵּי־בֶן־הִנֹּ֗ם | gē-ben-hinnōm} ‘Valley of Ben-Hinnom’ is qualified by the prepositional phrase ’el ketef hayevusi {אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי֙ | ’el-ke-teph hayə-bû-sî} ‘to the slope of the Jebusite,’ precisely locating the path.
Root and etymology
consonantsBet–Nun
“son”
In context — Joshua 15:8
And the boundary rose through the Valley of Ben-Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite , at the southern edge marking Jerusalem, and then ascended to the top of the hill before the Valley of Hinnom, westward, ending at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:8, so the Hebrew word בֶן־הִנֹּ֗ם (venhinnom) 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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.8.W4.S1) and character.