Joshua 21:1:12Josh.21.1.W12TAB
לִבְנֵ֥י
livnei
“of the sons”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI
- Extended
- liv-NEI
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sons
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 yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-el-ra-SHEI a-VOT ham-ma-TOT liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yig-SHU ra-SHEI a-VOT hal-vi-YIM el-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-el-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-el-ra-SHEI a-VOT ham-ma-TOT liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Each prepositional phrase el ’ĕləʿāzār {אֶל־אֶלְעָזָר֙ | ʾel ’ĕləʿāzār} ‘to Eleazar,’ wəʾel Yəhōšūaʿ {וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | wəʾel Yəhōšūaʿ} ‘and to Joshua,’ and wəʾel rōšê ăvôt hammattôṯ livnē Yiśrāʾēl {וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | wəʾel rōšê ăvôt hammattôṯ livnē Yiśrāʾēl} ‘and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel’ sequences the addressees. The repetition of the preposition ʾel ‘to’ underscores the formal audience structure, reflecting Hebrew’s layered emphasis on collective leadership.
In context — Joshua 21:1
Then the heads of the ancestral households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest , to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 21:1, 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.21.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.1.W12.S1) and character.