Joshua 21:19:2Josh.21.19.W2TAB
בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹ֖ן
beneiaharon
“of the sons of Aaron”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-a-ha-RON
- Extended
- beh-NEI-ah-ha-RON
- IPA
- /bəneː.ʔahaˈron/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sons of Aaron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI-a-ha-RON
- phraseyour reading level
KOL-a-REI be-NEI-a-ha-RON
- clause
KOL-a-REI be-NEI-a-ha-RON ha-ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
KOL-a-REI be-NEI-a-ha-RON ha-ko-ha-NIM she-LOSH-ez-REH a-RIM u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
It continues with the construct chain arei {עָרֵי | ʿā-rê} ‘cities of’ + benei {בְּנֵי | bə-nê} ‘sons of’ + Aharon {אַהֲרֹן | ʾa-ha-rōn} ‘Aaron’ + hak-kôhănim {הַכֹּהֲנִים | ha-kō-ha-nîm} ‘the priests,’ forming a genitival expression that identifies the recipients.
In context — Joshua 21:19
All the cities of the sons of Aaron , the priests , were thirteen in number, with their pasturelands.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:19, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹ֖ן (beneiaharon) 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.21.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.19.W2.S1) and character.