Judges 20:21:2Judg.20.21.W2TAB

בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן

beneivinyamin

“sons of Benjamin”

Transliteration: be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN
Extended: beh-NEE-veehn-yah-MEEN
IPA: /bəˈneː.ʋin.jaːˈmiːn/

Meaning by language

English: sons of Benjamin

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְ + נֵֽי + בִנְ + יָ + מִ֖ן

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be + nei + vin + ya + min

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beneivinyamin

Alphabet Analysis

	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
	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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Word in context

word
be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN
phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN
clause
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A
sentence
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa

Exegesis

The construct chain bnei-binyamin {בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן | benei binyāmin} ‘sons of Benjamin’ clearly identifies the actors, while the prepositional phrase min-ha-giv’ah {מִן־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה | min-ha-gibbā‘āh} ‘from the Gibeah’ establishes their origin.

Root and etymology

Rootbet–nun–yod

“son”

In context — Judges 20:21

And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day to the ground .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:21, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן (beneivinyamin) 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.20.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.21.W2.S1) and character.

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