Judges 20:30:3Judg.20.30.W3TAB
אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י
elbene
“to the sons of”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NE
- Extended
- ehl-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-be-NE
- phraseyour reading level
el-be-NE vin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-ya-a-LU be-NE-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NE vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI
- 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
The prepositional phrase el-bnei-Binyamin {אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן | ʾel-bənê-bin-yāmin} ‘against the sons of Benjamin’ marks the opposing party.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–nun–yod
“son”
In context — Judges 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 20:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י (elbene) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.30.W3.S1) and character.