Judges 20:30:4Judg.20.30.W4TAB

בִנְיָמִ֖ן

vinyamin

Benjamin

Transliteration
vin-ya-MIN
Extended
vihn-yah-MIHN
IPA
/vinjaˈmin/

Meaning by language

English
Benjamin

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בִנְ + יָ + מִ֖ן
vin + ya + min
vinyamin

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    vin-ya-MIN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-be-NE vin-ya-MIN

  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

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 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 20:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:30, 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.20.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.30.W4.S1) and character.