Joshua 22:15:2Josh.22.15.W2TAB
אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן
elbeneireuven
“to the sons of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- Extended
- el-beh-NEE-reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /ʔel.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-ya-VO-u el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETZ hag-gil-AD
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETZ hag-gil-AD va-ye-dab-ROO it-TAM le-MOR
Exegesis
Recipients are marked by the directional constructs ʾel-benei-Reʾūḇēn {אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן | ʾel bə-nê Reʾū-ḇēn} ‘to the descendants of Reuben,’ wəʾel-benei-Gād {וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָד | wə ʾel bə-nê Gād} ‘and to the descendants of Gad,’ and wəʾel-ḥaṭṣî-šeḇeṭ-Mənaššēh {וְאֶל־חֲצִי־שֵׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁה | wə ʾel ḥaṭ-ṣî še-ḇeṭ Mə-naš-šēh} ‘and to the half-tribe of Manasseh.’
Root and etymology
ב־נ־י
“to build or found”
In context — Joshua 22:15
They approached the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, and they addressed them, saying:
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 22:15, 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.22.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.15.W2.S1) and character.