Numbers 18:11:5Num.18.11.W5TAB
בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
benei yisrael
“of the children of Israel”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- beh-NEI yis-raa-EL
- IPA
- /bəˈnej jisʁaˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the children of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM
- sentence
ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM KOL-ta-HOR be-VEIT-kha yo-a-KHAL o-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-kol-tenufot benei yisrael {לְכָל־תְּנוּפוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-ḵōl tə-nū-pōṯ bə-nê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘for all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel’ employs a distributive prefix lə-ḵōl ‘for all’ with an absolute plural and a construct chain for possession.
In context — Numbers 18:11
And this is for you: the portion from their gifts for all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel. To you I have given them, and to your sons and to your daughters who are with you, as a perpetual statute . Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 18:11, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ (benei yisrael) 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.18.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.11.W5.S1) and character.