Judges 21:14:2Judg.21.14.W2TAB
בִּנְיָמִן֙
binyamin
“Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- bin-ya-MIN
- Extended
- bihn-yah-MEEN
- IPA
- /bin.jaˈmiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Benjamin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bin-ya-MIN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD ve-LO-ma-tse-U la-HEM KEN
Exegesis
The subject Binyamin {בִּנְיָמִן | Binyāmin} ‘Benjamin’ is followed by the temporal expression ba'et hahī {בָּעֵת הַהִיא | baʿēt hāhî} ‘at that time’.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־י
“son of the right hand”
In context — Judges 21:14
So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh Gilead. But they did not find enough for them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 21:14, so the Hebrew word בִּנְיָמִן֙ (binyamin) 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.21.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.14.W2.S1) and character.