Numbers 17:10:11Num.17.10.W11TABWLC Numbers 17:25
לִבְנֵי־מֶ֔רִי
livneimeri
“for the sons of rebellion”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI-ME-ri
- Extended
- leev-NEI-MEH-ree
- IPA
- /livneːˈmɛri/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sons of rebellion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-NEI-ME-ri
- clause
le-mish-ME-ret le-OT liv-NEI-ME-ri u-te-KHAL-te-lu-no-TAM mei-a-LAI ve-LO-ya-MU-tu
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ha-SHEV et-ma-TEH a-ha-RON lif-NEI ha-e-DUT le-mish-ME-ret le-OT liv-NEI-ME-ri u-te-KHAL-te-lu-no-TAM mei-a-LAI ve-LO-ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The construct livnei-meri {לִבְנֵי־מֶרִי | liw-bə-nê merî} designates the addressees as “sons of rebellion.”
Root and etymology
מ־ר־ה
“rebellion, defiance”
In context — Numbers 17:10
And the LORD said to Moses, “Place Aaron’s staff before the testimony , to be kept as a sign against the rebels, so that their murmurings will cease from upon Me and they will not die.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 17:10, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵי־מֶ֔רִי (livneimeri) 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.17.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.10.W11.S1) and character.