Judges 20:12:6Judg.20.12.W6TAB
בִנְיָמִ֖ן
vinyamin
“Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- vin-ya-MIN
- Extended
- vihn-yah-MIHN
- IPA
- /vin.jaˈmin/
Meaning by language
- English
- Benjamin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vin-ya-MIN
- phraseyour reading level
be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM
Exegesis
The distributive prepositional phrase bə-khol šiv-têi bin-yā-mîn {בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן | bə-khol šiv-têi bin-yā-mîn} conveys attention to each subdivision of Benjamin.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–nun–yod
“son”
In context — Judges 20:12
Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the whole tribe of Benjamin to say, “What is this evil that has happened among you?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:12, so the Hebrew word בִנְיָמִ֖ן (vinyamin) 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.20.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.12.W6.S1) and character.