Numbers 2:29:4Num.2.29.W4TAB
לִבְנֵ֣י
livnei
“of the sons of”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI
- Extended
- leev-NEE
- IPA
- /livˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sons of
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NEI naf-ta-LI
- clause
ve-na-SI liv-NEI naf-ta-LI a-khi-RA ben-EI-nan
- sentence
u-ma-TEH naf-ta-LI ve-na-SI liv-NEI naf-ta-LI a-khi-RA ben-EI-nan
Exegesis
The construct li-vnêi {לִבְנֵ֣י | li-vnêî} ‘for the sons of’ affixes the leader to his tribal group, while the nominative sequence ʾăḥîraʿ ben-ʿênān {אֲחִירַ֖ע בֶּן־עֵינָֽן | ʾăḥîraʿ ben-ʿênān} specifies the individual by patronym. The repeated waw-conjunctions and construct chain mirror the hierarchical and sequential structure of Israel’s tribal organization, which is rendered in English by preserving the coordination and construct relationships.
In context — Numbers 2:29
And the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:29, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֣י (livnei) 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.2.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.29.W4.S1) and character.