Joshua 19:10:4Josh.19.10.W4TAB
לִבְנֵ֥י
livnei
“to the children of”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI
- Extended
- lihv-NEH-ee
- 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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Word in context
- word
liv-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NEI ze-vu-LUN
- clause
va-ya-AL ha-go-RAL hash-lee-SHI liv-NEI ze-vu-LUN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
va-ya-AL ha-go-RAL hash-lee-SHI liv-NEI ze-vu-LUN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-cha-la-TAM ad-sa-REED
Exegesis
The prepositional construct livnei Zevulun {לִבְנֵי זְבוּלֻן | lī-və-nē Ze-vu-lun} ‘to the sons of Zebulun’ identifies the tribal recipients, and lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ highlights internal subdivisions.
Root and etymology
b-n-ybet–nun–yod
“sons, descendants”
In context — Joshua 19:10
And the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun, according to their clans, and the boundary of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:10, 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.19.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.10.W4.S1) and character.