Joshua 20:8:10Josh.20.8.W10TAB
רְאוּבֵ֑ן
reuven
“Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /rɛ.ʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-mat-TE re-u-VEN
- clause
u-me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-ri-KHO miz-RA-kha nat-NU et-BE-tsr ba-mid-BAR ba-mi-SHOR mi-mat-TE re-u-VEN
- sentence
u-me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-ri-KHO miz-RA-kha nat-NU et-BE-tsr ba-mid-BAR ba-mi-SHOR mi-mat-TE re-u-VEN ve-et-RA-mot ba-gil-AD mi-mat-TE-GAD ve-et-go-LAN ba-ba-SHAN mi-mat-TE me-na-SHEH
In context — Joshua 20:8
And on the other side of the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness , in the plain, from the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 20:8, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵ֑ן (reuven) 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.20.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.8.W10.S1) and character.