Joshua 22:33:18Josh.22.33.W18TAB

בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֥ן

beneireuven

the sons of Reuben

Transliteration
be-NEI-re-u-VEN
Extended
beh-NEI-reh-oo-VEN
IPA
/bəˈneː.rəʔuˈveːn/

Meaning by language

English
the sons of Reuben

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + נֵי + רְא + וּ + בֵ֥ן
be + nei + re + u + ven
beneireuven

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NEI-re-u-VEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD

  3. clause

    ve-LO am-RU la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA le-sha-KHET et-ha-A-retz a-SHER be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD yo-shvim BAH

  4. sentence

    va-yi-TAV ha-da-VAR be-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ye-va-ra-KHU e-lo-HIM be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-LO am-RU la-a-LOT a-lei-HEM la-tsa-VA le-sha-KHET et-ha-A-retz a-SHER be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD yo-shvim BAH

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase be-‘ene bene yisrael {בְּעֵינֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-ʿênê bənê yiśrāʾēl} ‘in the eyes of the sons of Israel’ establishes a communal viewpoint.

Root and etymology

ב־נ

son

In contextJoshua 22:33

And the matter was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God and no longer spoke of going up against them in battle to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.

About this coordinate

Joshua 22:33:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Joshua 22:33, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֥ן (beneireuven) 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.22.33.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.33.W18.S1) and character.