Judges 21:25:8Judg.21.25.W8TAB
בְּעֵינָ֖יו
beenaiv
“in his eyes”
- Transliteration
- be-e-NAIV
- Extended
- beh-eh-NAAV
- IPA
- /bəʕeːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-e-NAIV
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV
- clause
ISH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV ya-a-SE
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL ISH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV ya-a-SE
Exegesis
A nominal clause follows: ish hayashar be'enav {אִ֛ישׁ הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו | ʾîš hay-yā-šār bĕ-ʿē-nāyw} ‘man upright in his own eyes’, serving as the subject of the imperfect verb ya'aseh {יַעֲשֶֽׂה | ya-ʿă-sêh} ‘he does’, which expresses habitual action. Hebrew’s lack of an explicit universal quantifier is rendered in English by using distributive expressions (“each man”, “each person”).
In context — Judges 21:25
In those days, there was no king in Israel; each man lived by what he regarded as upright in his own eyes.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:25, so the Hebrew word בְּעֵינָ֖יו (beenaiv) 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.21.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.25.W8.S1) and character.