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

Result
בְּ + עִ + יֵּ֣י
be + i + yei
beiyei

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-i-YEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.