Judges 21:17:4Judg.21.17.W4TAB
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן
levinyamin
“for Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- le-vin-ya-MIN
- Extended
- leh-vihn-yah-MEEN
- IPA
- /ləvinjaˈmiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Benjamin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-vin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-vinyamin {לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן | lə-vīnyāmīn} ‘for Benjamin’ marks the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־י
“son of the right hand”
In context — Judges 21:17
And they said, “An inheritance must remain for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:17, so the Hebrew word לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (levinyamin) 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.21.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.17.W4.S1) and character.