Numbers 15:38:2Num.15.38.W2TAB
אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י
elbenei
“to the sons of”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NEI
- Extended
- el-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔel.bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
el-be-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ve-a-SU la-HEM tsi-TSET al-kan-FEI big-dei-HEM le-do-ro-TAM ve-nat-NU al-tsi-TSET ha-ka-NAF pe-TIL te-KHE-let
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Piel imperative dabber {דַּבֵּ֞ר | dab-bēr} ‘speak’, directing Moses, followed by the prepositional phrase el-benei yisrael {אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel-bə-nê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘to the sons of Israel’, marking the audience.
In context — Numbers 15:38
Speak to the sons of Israel and you shall say: They shall make for themselves a tassel on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and they shall put upon the tassel of the corner a cord of blue.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 15:38, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י (elbenei) 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.15.38.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.38.W2.S1) and character.