Numbers 21:11:4Num.21.11.W4TAB
בְּעִיֵּ֣י
beiyei
“at Iye”
- Transliteration
- be-i-YEI
- Extended
- beh-ee-YEI
- IPA
- /bəʕijˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at Iye
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-i-YEI
- phraseyour reading level
be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
- sentence
va-yis-U me-o-VOT va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
The construct chain beʿîyyē hāʿăḇārîm {בְּעִיֵּ֣י הָֽעֲבָרִ֗ים | bəʿîyyē hāʿăḇārîm} ‘in the ruins of the Abarim’ turns common nouns into a toponym.
In context — Numbers 21:11
And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-ha-Abarim in the wilderness that overlooks Moab, toward the east .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:11, so the Hebrew word בְּעִיֵּ֣י (beiyei) 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.21.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W4.S1) and character.