מִבְּנ֣וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִבְּנ֣וֹת

   mib-be-NOT

   from the daughters of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

   mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM

   from the daughters of the Philistines
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל וַיַּגֵּד֙ לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִשָּׁ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

   va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM

   and he went up and he told to his father and to his mother and he said a woman I saw in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל וַיַּגֵּד֙ לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִשָּׁ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַתָּ֕ה קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ לִּ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

   va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ke-KHU-o-TA LI le-i-SHA

   and he went up and he told to his father and to his mother and he said a woman I saw in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines and now take her for me as a wife

Exegesis

The locative betimnatah {בְתִמְנָתָה | bə·timnāṯā} ‘in Timnah’ uses the preposition be plus locative suffix, followed by the construct phrase mibnot pelishtim {מִבְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים | mib·nōṯ Pəlištîm} ‘from daughters of Philistines’, specifying ethnic background.