Judges 20:23:13Judg.20.23.W13TAB
בִנְיָמִ֖ן
vinyamin
“Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- vin-ya-MIN
- Extended
- vihn-yah-MIHN
- IPA
- /vin.jaːˈmin/
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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Word in context
- word
vin-ya-MIN
- 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
Rootbet–nun–yod
“son”
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 20:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:23, 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.20.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.23.W13.S1) and character.