Leviticus 20:2:1Lev.20.2.W1TAB
וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֣י
vehelbehnee
“and to the sons of”
- Transliteration
- veh-el-beh-NEE
- Extended
- veh-el-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the sons of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
veh-el-beh-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL
- clause
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional address ve-el {וְאֶל־ | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’ combined with the Qal imperfect tomar {תֹּאמַר | tō-ʾă-mar} ‘you shall say’, signaling a direct command.
In context — Leviticus 20:2
And to the sons of Israel you shall say: Any man, any man from the sons of Israel and any sojourner in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:2, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֣י (vehelbehnee) 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.20.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.2.W1.S1) and character.