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

Result
לִבְ + נֵי + מֶ֔ + רִי
liv + nei + me + ri
livneimeri

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    liv-NEI-ME-ri

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.