Numbers 16:1:5Num.16.1.W5TAB
בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י
benlevi
“the son of Levi”
- Transliteration
- ben-le-VI
- Extended
- behn-lei-VEE
- IPA
- /bɛn.leˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the son of Levi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ben-le-VI
- clause
ben-ke-HAT ben-le-VI
- sentence
va-yi-KAKH KO-rakh ben-YITS-har ben-ke-HAT ben-le-VI ve-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM be-NEI e-li-AV ve-ON ben-PE-let be-NEI re-u-VEN
Exegesis
The proper noun Korach {קֹ֔רַח | Qōraḥ} ‘Korah’ is fronted as the principal actor, followed by a trisindetic construct chain in ben-yitzhar {בֶּן־יִצְהָ֥ר | ben-yīṣhār} ‘son of Izhar’, ben-qehat {בֶּן־קְהָ֖ת | ben-qəhāṯ} ‘son of Kohath’, and ben-lewi {בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י | ben-lēwī} ‘son of Levi’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-vav-yod
“join, attach”
In context — Numbers 16:1
Now Korah , son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Pelet, of the tribe of Reuben , took men.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:1, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י (benlevi) 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.16.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.1.W5.S1) and character.