Numbers 13:10:2Num.13.10.W2TAB
זְבוּלֻ֔ן
zevulun
“Zebulun”
- Transliteration
- ze-vu-LUN
- Extended
- zeh-vu-LUN
- IPA
- /zəvuˈlun/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zebulun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ze-vu-LUN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH ze-vu-LUN
- sentence
le-ma-TEH ze-vu-LUN gad-di-e-EL ben-SO-di
Exegesis
The construct prepositional phrase le-matteh {לְמַטֵּ֣ה | lĕ-mattêh} ‘for the tribe’ introduces the tribal designation, immediately followed by the proper noun Zevulun {זְבוּלֻ֔ן | zə-vû-lûn} ‘Zebulun’.
Root and etymology
z-b-lZayin-Bet-Lamed
“exalted dwelling”
In context — Numbers 13:10
From the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:10, so the Hebrew word זְבוּלֻ֔ן (zevulun) 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 Num.13.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.10.W2.S1) and character.