Joshua 18:21:4Josh.18.21.W4TAB

בְּנֵ֥י

benei

of the sons

Transliteration
be-NEI
Extended
beh-NEE
IPA
/bəˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
of the sons

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Result
בְּ + נֵ֥י
be + nei
benei

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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

    be-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI bin-ya-MIN

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM ye-ri-KHO u-VEIT-khag-LA ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS

Exegesis

The construct chain lematteh benei Binyamin {לְמַטֵּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן | lə-mat-têh bə-nê bin-yā-min} combines the preposition lamed with a noun phrase ‘tribe of the sons of Benjamin,’ marking tribal territory allocation.

Root and etymology

y-m-nyod–mem–nun

right hand

In contextJoshua 18:21

And the cities belonging to the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and Emek Ketziz.

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:21, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵ֥י (benei) 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.18.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.21.W4.S1) and character.