Joshua 21:1:8Josh.21.1.W8TAB
בִּן־נ֑וּן
binnun
“son of Nun”
- Transliteration
- bin-NUN
- Extended
- been-NOON
- IPA
- /binˈnuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Nun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bin-NUN
- clause
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
- 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
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 21:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:1, so the Hebrew word בִּן־נ֑וּן (binnun) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.1.W8.S1) and character.