Judges 18:23:2Judg.18.23.W2TAB
אֶל־בְּנֵי־דָ֔ן
elbeneidan
“to the sons of Dan”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NEI-DAN
- Extended
- ehl-beh-NEE-DAAN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.bəˈneː.ˈdaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons of Dan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-be-NEI-DAN
- clause
va-yik-re-U el-be-NEI-DAN va-ya-SE-bu pe-NEI-hem
- sentence
va-yik-re-U el-be-NEI-DAN va-ya-SE-bu pe-NEI-hem va-yo-me-RU le-mi-KHA ma-le-KHA KI niz-a-KTA
Exegesis
The construct benei-dan {בְּנֵי־דָן | bə-nê dān} ‘sons of Dan’ marks tribal affiliation, while peneihem {פְּנֵיהֶם | pə-nē-hēm} ‘their faces’ emphasizes orientation prior to speech.
Root and etymology
d-ndalet–nun
“to judge”
In context — Judges 18:23
And they called to the sons of Dan, and they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What is it with you that you have cried out ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:23, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנֵי־דָ֔ן (elbeneidan) 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.18.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.23.W2.S1) and character.