Judges 17:5:12Judg.17.5.W12TAB

מִבָּנָ֔יו

mibanav

from his sons

Transliteration
mi-ba-NAV
Extended
mih-bah-NAAV
IPA
/mibbaːˈnaːv/

Meaning by language

English
from his sons

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + בָּ + נָ֔יו
mi + ba + nav
mibanav

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-ba-NAV

  2. clause

    va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN

Exegesis

Then vayemalle et-yad achad min-banav {וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת־יַד אַחַד מִבָּנָיו | way-ya-mallēʾ ʼet-yaḏ ʼaḥaḏ min-bā-nāw} ‘and he filled the hand of one from his sons’ expresses a Piel idiom for designating an office.

In contextJudges 17:5

And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

About this coordinate

Judges 17:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word מִבָּנָ֔יו (mibanav) 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.17.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W12.S1) and character.