Joshua 18:10:11Josh.18.10.W11TAB

לִבְנֵ֥י

livnei

to the sons of

Transliteration
liv-NEI
Extended
liv-NEI
IPA
/livˈnej/

Meaning by language

English
to the sons of

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Result
לִבְ + נֵ֥י
liv + nei
livnei

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    liv-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    liv-NEI yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM ye-ho-SHU-a et-ha-A-retz liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-makh-lek-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-yash-LEKH la-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a go-RAL be-shi-LO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM ye-ho-SHU-a et-ha-A-retz liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-makh-lek-TAM

Exegesis

The construct livnei Yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | liv-nê yiś-rā-’ēl} defines the beneficiaries, and kemachlekotam {כְּמַחְלְקֹתָם | kə-maḥ-lə-qō-tām} specifies the tribal allotment principle rendered “according to their divisions.”

In contextJoshua 18:10

And Joshua cast the lot for them at Shiloh before the LORD , and there Joshua apportioned the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions .

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 18:10, 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.18.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.10.W11.S1) and character.