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
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 te-da-BER leh-MOR
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.