Joshua 21:40:2Josh.21.40.W2TAB
לִבְנֵ֤י
livne
“for the sons”
- Transliteration
- li-vne
- Extended
- lee-vneh
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
li-vne
- phraseyour reading level
li-vne me-ra-RI
- clause
KOL-he-a-RIM li-vne me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-KHO-tam ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM
- sentence
KOL-he-a-RIM li-vne me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-KHO-tam ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM va-ye-HI go-ra-LAM a-RIM shteim es-REH
Exegesis
The construct chain li-vnê Merārî le-mišpěḥōṯām {לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | li-vnê Merārî le-mišpěḥōṯām} specifies recipients by clan and family using successive prepositional and construct relationships.
In context — Joshua 21:40
All the cities for the sons of Merari by their families—the remaining from the families of the Levites—and their lot was twelve cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:40, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֤י (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.21.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.40.W2.S1) and character.