Numbers 2:29:7Num.2.29.W7TAB
בֶּן־עֵינָֽן׃
beneinan
“the son of Enan”
- Transliteration
- ben-EI-nan
- Extended
- behn-EI-nahn
- IPA
- /ben.ʕeːˈnan/
Meaning by language
- English
- the son of Enan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ben-EI-nan
- 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.
Root and etymology
b-nbet-nun
“son; descendant”
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 2:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 2:29, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עֵינָֽן׃ (beneinan) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.29.W7.S1) and character.