Judges 20:3:5Judg.20.3.W5TAB

בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

veneyisrael

sons of Israel

Transliteration
ve-NE-yis-ra-EL
Extended
veh-NEE-yihs-rah-EEL
IPA
/vəˈneː.jis.raˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
sons of Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + נֵֽ + ייִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֖ל
ve + ne + yis + ra + el
veneyisrael

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-NE-yis-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA

  4. sentence

    va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT

Exegesis

This is followed by the construct chain benei binyamin {בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן | bə-nē bin-yā-mîn} defining the tribal group.

Root and etymology

Rootyod–shin–resh

to strive, prevail

In contextJudges 20:3

And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah . Then the sons of Israel said, “Speak! How did this evil take place?”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:3, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (veneyisrael) 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.20.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.3.W5.S1) and character.