Numbers 20:22:4Num.20.22.W4TAB
בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
beneiyisrael
“the people of Israel”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- beh-NEE-yees-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /bəneː jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the people 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
be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ya-VO-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL kol-ha-ei-DA HOR ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yis-U mi-ka-DESH va-ya-VO-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL kol-ha-ei-DA HOR ha-HAR
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive verb vayavo'u {וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ | way·yā·bō·ʾû} ‘and they came’ continues the temporal chain, followed by the construct chain bnei-yisrael {בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | bə·nē·y yiś·rā·ʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’.
Root and etymology
B-N-Hbet-nun-he
“to build, to be born”
In context — Numbers 20:22
And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel —all the congregation —came to Mount Hor.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:22, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (beneiyisrael) 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.20.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.22.W4.S1) and character.