Numbers 2:32:3Num.2.32.W3TAB
בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
veneiyisrael
“of the sons of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- Extended
- veh-NEI-YIS-rah-EIL
- IPA
- /vəneːjisraˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sons of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| 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
ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- phraseyour reading level
pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- clause
E-le pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
E-le pe-ku-DEI ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el le-VEIT a-vo-TAM KOL-pe-ku-DEI ha-ma-KHA-not le-tsiv-o-TAM SHESH-me-OT E-lef u-shlo-SHET a-la-FIM va-kha-MESH me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a verbless clause introduced by the demonstrative eleh {אֵ֛לֶּה | ʾêlleh} ‘these’, followed by the construct noun pekudei {פְּקוּדֵ֥י | pəqūḏê} ‘numberings’ in genitive relation to benei-Yisrael {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bənê yīsrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’.
In context — Numbers 2:32
These are the numberings of the sons of Israel according to their ancestral houses ; the count of the camps by their divisions was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 2:32, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (veneiyisrael) 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.2.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.32.W3.S1) and character.