Judges 20:30:2Judg.20.30.W2TAB

בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל

beneyisrael

sons of Israel

Transliteration
be-NE-YIS-ra-EL
Extended
beh-NEE-yees-rah-EEL
IPA
/bəˈneː.jisrɔːˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
sons of Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + נֵֽ + ייִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֛ל
be + ne + yis + ra + el
beneyisrael

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

    be-NE-YIS-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-a-LU be-NE-YIS-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-LU be-NE-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NE vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI

  4. sentence

    va-ya-a-LU be-NE-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NE vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI va-ya-ar-KHU el-ha-giv-A ke-fa-AM be-fa-AM

Exegesis

This is followed by the construct chain bnei-Yisrael {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | bənê-yiśrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ identifying the subject.

Root and etymology

Rootyod–shin–resh

to strive, prevail

In contextJudges 20:30

And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and they arrayed themselves against Gibeah as at other times .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:30, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (beneyisrael) 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.20.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.30.W2.S1) and character.