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
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 | |
| 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
be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD
- 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
- 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 context — Joshua 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.