Leviticus 24:15:1Lev.24.15.W1TAB

וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י

vehelbehnee

and to the sons of

Transliteration
veh-EL-beh-NEE
Extended
veh-EHL-beh-NEE
IPA
/wə.ʔel.bəˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
and to the sons of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אֶל + בְּ + נֵ֥י
veh + el + beh + nee
vehelbehnee

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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

    veh-EL-beh-NEE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    veh-EL-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    veh-EL-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL te-da-BER leh-MOR

  4. sentence

    veh-EL-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL te-da-BER leh-MOR EESH EESH ki-ye-ka-LEL e-lo-HAV veh-na-SAA khet-OH

Exegesis

The verse begins with the directional dative phrase ve-el be-nei {וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י | wə-ʾel bə-nē} ‘and to the sons,’ marking the audience of the command.

In contextLeviticus 24:15

And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, “Any man, any man, when he curses his God , he shall bear his sin .”

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 24:15, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י (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.24.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.15.W1.S1) and character.