Judges 20:23:12Judg.20.23.W12TAB

עִם־בְּנֵ֥י

imbenei

“with the sons of”

Transliteration: im-be-NEI
Extended: ihm-beh-NEE
IPA: /ʕim.bəˈneː/

Meaning by language

English: with the sons of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

עִם + בְּ + נֵ֥י

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im + be + nei

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imbenei

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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The word

Word in context

word
im-be-NEI
phraseyour reading level
im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN
clause
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI
sentence
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH a-LU e-LAV

Exegesis

The juxtaposition ’im-bə-nê bɪnyāmīn ’āḥî {עִם־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן אָחִ֑י | ’im-bə-nê bɪnyāmīn ’āḥî} ‘with the sons of Benjamin, my brother’ contrasts kinship with conflict.

Root and etymology

Root’am

“people, community”

In context — Judges 20:23

And the sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I continue to go up to battle against the sons of Benjamin, my brother ?” And the LORD said, “Go up against him.”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:23, so the Hebrew word עִם־בְּנֵ֥י (imbenei) 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.20.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.23.W12.S1) and character.

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