Numbers 15:32:2Num.15.32.W2TAB

בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

beneiyisrael

the sons of Israel

Transliteration
be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
Extended
beh-NEE-yees-rah-EHL
IPA
/bəneː jis.raˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
the sons of Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + נֵֽ + ייִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֖ל
be + nei + yis + ra + el
beneiyisrael

Alphabet Analysis

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
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NEI-yis-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR

  4. sentence

    va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

Exegesis

The construct chain bənê-yiśrāʾēl {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bənê-yiśrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ serves as subject, followed by the prepositional phrase bammidbār {בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bammidbār} ‘in the wilderness’.

Root and etymology

ś-r-ʾś-r-ʾ

he strives with God

In contextNumbers 15:32

And the sons of Israel were in the wilderness , and they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath .

About this coordinate

Numbers 15:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 15:32, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (beneiyisrael) 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.15.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.32.W2.S1) and character.