Judges 18:30:9Judg.18.30.W9TAB
וּבָנָ֗יו
uvanav
“and his sons”
- Transliteration
- u-va-NAV
- Extended
- oo-vah-NAAV
- IPA
- /uːvaːˈnaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his sons
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-NAV
- phraseyour reading level
HU u-va-NAV
- 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 clause u-vanav hayu kohanim {וּבָנָיו הָי֤וּ כֹהֲנִים | ūvānāyw hāywū kōhā-nîm} ‘and his sons were priests’ pairs kōhā-nîm {כֹהֲנִים | kōhā-nîm} ‘priests’ with a perfect verb to denote their ongoing role, specified by le-shevet ha-dani {לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִי | lə-šē-ḇeṯ ha-dānî} ‘for the tribe of Dan.’
Root and etymology
Rootbet–nun–yod
“to build, offspring”
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 18:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word וּבָנָ֗יו (uvanav) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W9.S1) and character.