Leviticus 17:12:3Lev.17.12.W3TAB

לִבְנֵ֣י

livneh

to the sons of

Transliteration
liv-NEH
Extended
lihv-NEH
IPA
/liv.ˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
to the sons of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִבְ + נֵ֣י
liv + neh
livneh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    liv-NEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    liv-NEH yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM

  4. sentence

    al-KEN ah-mar-TEE liv-NEH yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM loh-TO-KHAL DAM veh-ha-GEHR ha-GAR beh-TOHK-khe-KHEM loh-YO-KHAL DAM

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase li-vnei Yisrael {לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | lî-venê Yiś-rāʾ-ēl} specifies the addressees.

In contextLeviticus 17:12

Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, “Every soul among you shall not eat blood, and the sojourner who sojourns among you shall not eat blood.”

About this coordinate

Leviticus 17:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 17:12, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֣י (livneh) 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 Lev.17.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.12.W3.S1) and character.