Judges 20:28:2Judg.20.28.W2TAB

בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר

beneleazar

“son of Eleazar”

Transliteration: ben-e-le-a-ZAR
Extended: beh n-eh-leh-ah-ZAAR
IPA: /ben.ʔɛl.ʕaːˈzaːr/

Meaning by language

English: son of Eleazar

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בֶּן + אֶ + לְ + עָ + זָ֨ר

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ben + e + le + a + zar

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beneleazar

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Nun Sofit	final form of Nun — at word end
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Zayin	z as in zero
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r

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The word

Word in context

word
ben-e-le-a-ZAR
phraseyour reading level
ben-e-le-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON
clause
u-fi-ne-KHAS ben-e-le-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON o-MED le-fa-NAV ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM le-MOR ha-o-SIF OD la-TSET la-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE-VIN-ya-min a-KHI im-ekh-DAL
sentence
u-fi-ne-KHAS ben-e-le-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON o-MED le-fa-NAV ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM le-MOR ha-o-SIF OD la-TSET la-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE-VIN-ya-min a-KHI im-ekh-DAL va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH a-LU KI ma-KHAR et-te-NE-nu be-ya-DE-kha

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conjunctive participle uphinechas {וּפִינְחָס | û-pîn-ḥāš} ‘and Phinehas’, immediately followed by the construct chain ben-eleazar ben-aharon {בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן | ben-ʾel-ʿā-zār ben-ʾa-hǎ-rôn} establishing priestly lineage.

Root and etymology

ב־נ

“son, descendant”

In context — Judges 20:28

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aharon, stood before the LORD in those days, saying, “Shall I go out again to battle the sons of Benjamin, my brother , or shall I cease?” And the LORD said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:28, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר (beneleazar) 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.20.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.28.W2.S1) and character.

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