Numbers 26:38:5Num.26.38.W5TAB
הַבְּלִעִי
havleeee
“the Belaites”
- Transliteration
- hav-lee-EE
- Extended
- hab-lee-EE
- IPA
- /habliˈʕi/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Belaites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
hav-lee-EE
- sentence
be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM le-ve-LA mish-pa-KHAT hav-lee-EE le-ash-BEL mish-pa-KHAT ha-ash-be-LEE la-a-khi-RAM mish-pa-KHAT ha-a-khi-ra-MEE
Exegesis
Each founder’s name is introduced by the preposition le- ‘of’, followed by the construct noun mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | miš-pə-ḥāṯ} ‘clan’ and the gentilic form with definite article (e.g., ha-bāl-‘î {הַבַּלְעִי}) to enumerate the clan identities. The repetition of this pattern for Bela, Ashbel, and Ahiram creates a parallel structure that emphasizes the systematic organization of tribal divisions. In English the preposition lə- is rendered either as “of” (formal) or “belonging to” (dynamic) to convey the relational nuance inherent in the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
b-l-‘Bet, Lamed, Ayin
“to swallow”
In context — Numbers 26:38
The sons of Benjamin by their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaite; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:38, so the Hebrew word הַבְּלִעִי (havleeee) 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.26.38.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.38.W5.S1) and character.