Judges 20:18:13Judg.20.18.W13TAB
עִם־בְּנֵ֣י
imbene
“with the sons of”
- Transliteration
- IM-be-NE
- Extended
- ihm-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʕim.bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the sons of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
IM-be-NE
- phraseyour reading level
IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH ye-hu-DA ba-te-khi-LA
Exegesis
The purpose phrase la-mmilḥāmāh {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mmilḥāmāh} ‘to the battle’ and the adjunct ‘im-bᵊnê binyāmîn {עִם־בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן | ‘im-bᵊnê binyāmîn} ‘with the sons of Benjamin’ specify context.
Root and etymology
Root’am
“people, community”
In context — Judges 20:18
And they rose and went up to Bethel, and they asked of God . The sons of Israel said, “Who shall go up first for us in battle against the sons of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up first.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:18, so the Hebrew word עִם־בְּנֵ֣י (imbene) 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.20.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.18.W13.S1) and character.