Judges 17:3:12Judg.17.3.W12TAB
לִבְנִ֗י
livne
“for my son”
- Transliteration
- liv-NE
- Extended
- lihv-NEE
- IPA
- /livˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for my son
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
liv-NE
- clause
va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
The conjunctive phrase miyyādī libnī {מִיָּדִי לִבְנִי | miyyādî libnî} “from my hand for my son” marks source and beneficiary.
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word לִבְנִ֗י (livne) 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 Judg.17.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W12.S1) and character.