Numbers 13:33:8Num.13.33.W8TAB

בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙

beeineinu

“in our eyes”

Transliteration: be-ei-NEI-nu
Extended: beh-ey-NEE-noo
IPA: /bəʕeːˈneːnu/

Meaning by language

English: in our eyes

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְ + עֵי + נֵ֙י + נוּ֙

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be + ei + nei + nu

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beeineinu

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Nun	n as in new
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Nun	n as in new
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

word
be-ei-NEI-nu
phraseyour reading level
va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu
clause
va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem
sentence
ve-SHAM ra-I-nu ET-han-ne-fi-LIM be-NEI a-NAK min-han-ne-fi-LIM va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem

Exegesis

The vav consecutive in vanəhî {וַנְּהִי | wan-nə-hî} ‘and we were’ plus the Qal imperfect verb signals a shift to metaphorical self-perception, with bᵉʿênēnû {בְּעֵינֵינוּ | bə-ʿê-nē-nû} ‘in our eyes’ and the simile kaḥăgābîm {כַּחֲגָבִים | ka-ḥă-gā-bîm} ‘like grasshoppers’.

In context — Numbers 13:33

And there we saw the Nephilim , the sons of Anak who were of the Nephilim; and we were in our own eyes like grasshoppers , and so we were in their eyes.

About this coordinate

Numbers 13:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 13:33, so the Hebrew word בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ (beeineinu) 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.13.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.33.W8.S1) and character.

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