Judges 18:30:6Judg.18.30.W6TAB
בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם
bengershom
“son of Gershom”
- Transliteration
- ben-GER-shom
- Extended
- behn-GEER-shohm
- IPA
- /bɛn.ˈgeːr.ʃoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Gershom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-GER-shom
- phraseyour reading level
ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE
- clause
vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The conjunction viyonatan {וִיהוֹנָתָן | wîhōnāṯān} ‘and Jonathan’ introduces the construct chain ben-gershom {בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם | ben-gēr-šōm} ‘son of Gershom’ ben-manasseh {בֶּן־מְנַ{7}שֶּׁ֜ה | ben-menăššē} ‘son of Manasseh,’ with hu {ה֣וּא | hûʾ} ‘he’ reinforcing apposition.
In context — Judges 18:30
And the sons of Dan set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, together with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the land’s captivity.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם (bengershom) 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.18.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W6.S1) and character.