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
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR
- 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 context — Numbers 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.