Numbers 25:6:2Num.25.6.W2TAB

מִבְּנֵי

mibenei

from the sons of

Transliteration
mi-be-NEI
Extended
mih-beh-NEE
IPA
/mib.bəˈneː/

Meaning by language

English
from the sons of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִ + בְּ + נֵי
mi + be + nei
mibenei

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-be-NEI

  2. sentence

    ve-hi-NEH-ISH mi-be-NEI yis-ra-EL BA va-yak-REV el-e-KHAYV et-ha-mid-ya-NEET le-ey-NEI mo-SHE u-le-ey-NEI kol-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ve-he-MAH bo-KHIM PE-takh o-HEL-mo-ED

Exegesis

The subject ish mibnei yisrael {אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | īš mib-bə-nêʾ yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘a man from the sons of Israel’ uses a construct chain to specify ethnic identity.

In contextNumbers 25:6

And behold, a man from among the sons of Israel came and brought near to his brothers the Midianite woman before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting .

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 25:6, so the Hebrew word מִבְּנֵי (mibenei) 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.25.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.6.W2.S1) and character.