Joshua 21:10:2Josh.21.10.W2TAB
לִבְנֵ֣י
livne
“to the sons of”
- Transliteration
- li-vne
- Extended
- lih-vne
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons 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
li-vne
- phraseyour reading level
li-vne a-ha-RON
- clause
va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI ki la-HEM ha-YA hag-go-RAL ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase livnei Aharon {לִבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן | li-və-nê ʾă-hă-rôn} ‘to the sons of Aaron’ establishes the beneficiary.
In context — Joshua 21:10
And the sons of Aaron from the families of the Kohathite from the sons of Levi had the first lot , because it was theirs.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:10, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֣י (livne) 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.21.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.10.W2.S1) and character.