Joshua 16:1:3Josh.16.1.W3TAB
לִבְנֵ֤י
livnei
“to the children of”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI
- Extended
- lihv-NEI
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the children 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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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NEI yo-SEF
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH ham-mid-BAR o-LEH mi-ye-ri-CHO ba-HAR beit-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase li-vnei Yosef {לִבְנֵ֤י יוֹסֵף | li·vnē Yō·sēp̄} marks the recipients.
In context — Joshua 16:1
And the lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill country to Bethel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 16:1, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֤י (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.16.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.1.W3.S1) and character.