Judges 21:18:8Judg.21.18.W8TAB

בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

veneiyisrael

sons of Israel

Transliteration
ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL
Extended
veh-NEE-yihs-rah-EEL
IPA
/vəˈneː.jis.raːˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
sons of Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + נֵֽ + ייִשְׂ + רָ + אֵל֙
ve + nei + yis + ra + el
veneiyisrael

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-nish-be-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    ki-nish-be-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-MOR a-RUR no-TEN i-SHA le-vin-ya-MIN

  4. 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 causal particle kī-nišbəʿû {כִּי־נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ | kī-nišbəʿû} ‘for they have sworn’ introduces the reason, with benê yiśrāʼēl {בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | benê yiśrāʼēl} ‘sons of Israel’ as subject.

Root and etymology

b-n-y

son, descendant

In contextJudges 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 21:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:18, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (veneiyisrael) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.18.W8.S1) and character.