Numbers 20:1:2Num.20.1.W2TAB
בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל
veneiyisrael
“the children of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL
- Extended
- veh-NEE-yees-rah-EL
- IPA
- /vənɛː jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the children 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
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL KOL-ha-ei-DAH mid-BAR-TSIN
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL KOL-ha-ei-DAH mid-BAR-TSIN ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-ye-SHEV ha-AM be-ka-DESH va-ta-MAT SHAM mir-YAM va-ti-ka-VER SHAM
Exegesis
The phrase bnei-Yisrael {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bənē yiśrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ is clarified by kol-ha’edah {כָּל־הָ֨עֵדָ֤ה | kol-hāʾēḏāh} ‘all the assembly’, emphasizing communal unity.
Root and etymology
B-N-Hbet-nun-he
“to build, to be born”
In context — Numbers 20:1
Then the sons of Israel, the whole assembly , entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 20:1, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל (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.20.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.1.W2.S1) and character.