Judges 21:6:2Judg.21.6.W2TAB
בְּנֵ֣י
benei
“sons of”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI
- Extended
- beh-NEE
- IPA
- /bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV va-yo-me-RU nig-DA ha-YOM SHE-vet e-KHAD mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel Binyamin achiv {אֶל־בִּנְיָמִן אָחִיו | ʾel bin-yā-min ʾāḥî-w} ‘toward Benjamin, his brother’ marks the object of compassion and underscores tribal kinship.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־י
“son of the right hand”
In context — Judges 21:6
And the sons of Israel were grieved toward Benjamin, their brother, and they said, “Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 21:6, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵ֣י (benei) 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.21.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.6.W2.S1) and character.