Judges 21:18:6Judg.21.18.W6TAB
מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ
mibbenoteinu
“from our daughters”
- Transliteration
- mib-be-no-TEI-nu
- Extended
- mihb-beh-noh-TEE-noo
- IPA
- /mib.bənoːˈteː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from our daughters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mib-be-no-TEI-nu
- clause
va-a-NAKH-nu LO nu-KHAL la-TET-la-HEM na-SHIM mib-be-no-TEI-nu
- sentence
va-a-NAKH-nu LO nu-KHAL la-TET-la-HEM na-SHIM mib-be-no-TEI-nu ki-nish-be-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-MOR a-RUR no-TEN i-SHA le-vin-ya-MIN
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lātēt {לָתֵת | lātēt} ‘to give’ takes the object pronoun lāhēm {לָהֶם | lāhēm} ‘to them,’ governed by nāšîm {נָשִׁים | nāšîm} ‘wives’ and the construct mibənôtênû {מִבְּנוֹתֵינוּ | mibənôtênû} ‘from our daughters.’
Root and etymology
RootBet–Nun–He
“to build; daughter”
In context — Judges 21:18
And we are not able to give them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, “Cursed is the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:18, so the Hebrew word מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (mibbenoteinu) 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.21.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.18.W6.S1) and character.