Joshua 22:13:3Josh.22.13.W3TAB
אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן
elbeneireuven
“to the sons of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- Extended
- el-beh-NEE-reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.bəneː rəʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons of Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD et-PIN-khas ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
Following this, a three-part series of destination phrases—el-bnei-reuven {אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן | ʾel benê rəʾûḇēn}, ve-el-bnei-gad {וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָ֛ד | wəʾel benê gâd}, and ve-el-chatzi {וְאֶל־חֲצִ֥י | wəʾel ḥaṣî}—culminates in the construct shevet-menasheh {שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | šeḇeṭ mənaššeh}, specifying the half tribe of Manasseh.
Root and etymology
ב־נ
“son”
In context — Joshua 22:13
And Israel’s people sent Phinehas , son of Eleazar the priest, to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 22:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן (elbeneireuven) 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.22.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.13.W3.S1) and character.