בְּנֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּנֵ֣י

   beh-NEE

   young of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֔ה

   beh-NEE yo-NA

   young of pigeon
3. clause🔊 וּשְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִ֗ים א֤וֹ שְׁנֵ֙י בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּשִּׂ֖יג יָד֑וֹ

   oosh-TEE to-REEM O sh-NEE beh-NEE yo-NA ah-SHER ta-SEEG ya-DO

   and two turtledoves or two young of pigeon which attains his hand
4. sentence🔊 וּשְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִ֗ים א֤וֹ שְׁנֵ֙י בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּשִּׂ֖יג יָד֑וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה אֶחָד֙ חַטָּ֔את וְהָאֶחָ֖ד עֹלָֽה׃

   oosh-TEE to-REEM O sh-NEE beh-NEE yo-NA ah-SHER ta-SEEG ya-DO veh-ha-YA e-KHAD kha-TAT veh-ha-eh-KHAD o-LA

   and two turtledoves or two young of pigeon which attains his hand one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering

Exegesis

The verse opens with a nominal alternative marked by ushetei torim {וּשְׁתֵּי תֹרִים | u-šə-tê ṭō-rîm} ‘and two doves’ or shenei benei yonah {שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי יוֹנָה | šə-nê bə-nê yō-nāh} ‘two young pigeons’ (lit. “sons of the dove”), establishing a substitution for varying means.