Numbers 17:6:3Num.17.6.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:21
אֶל־בְּנֵי
elbenei
“to the sons of”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NEI
- Extended
- EHL-beh-NEI
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-be-NEI
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER mo-SHEH el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU e-LAV kol-ne-si-EI-hem ma-TEH le-na-SI e-KHAD ma-TEH le-na-si-EM shneim-a-SAR ma-TOT u-ma-TEH a-ha-RON be-TOKh ma-to-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-benei Yisrael {אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel·bə·nê yiś·rā·ʾêl} marks the addressees.
In context — Numbers 17:6
And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him staffs—one staff for each leader, according to their ancestral houses—twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 17:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנֵי (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.17.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.6.W3.S1) and character.