Numbers 2:16:3Num.2.16.W3TAB
רְאוּבֵ֗ן
reuven
“of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-oo-VEN
- IPA
- /rə.ʔuˈven/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-kha-NEH re-u-VEN
- clause
kol-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH re-u-VEN me-AT E-lef ve-e-KHAD va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA-ME-ot va-kha-mi-SHIM le-tsiv-o-TAM
- sentence
kol-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH re-u-VEN me-AT E-lef ve-e-KHAD va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA-ME-ot va-kha-mi-SHIM le-tsiv-o-TAM u-she-NI-im yis-SA-u
Exegesis
The construct le-machaneh Reuben {לְמַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן | lə-ma-ḥǎ-nêh Re-ʾū-vên} ‘for the camp of Reuben’ specifies tribal affiliation. Hebrew scale-word grouping combines me’at elef (100,000), ve-echad elef (1,000), va-chamishim elef (50,000), ve-arba-meot (400), and va-chamishim (50) to total 151,450.
Root and etymology
ב־ן
“son”
In context — Numbers 2:16
All the numbered men for the camp of Reuben were 151,450 for their companies , and they shall set out second.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 2:16, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵ֗ן (reuven) 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.2.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.16.W3.S1) and character.