Numbers 26:4:1Num.26.4.W1TAB
מִבְּ֙ן
miben
“from the age”
- Transliteration
- mi-BEN
- Extended
- mih-BEEN
- IPA
- /mibˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the age
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BEN
- sentence
mi-BEN es-RIM sha-NAH u-ma-LAH ke-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hai-yotz-IM mei-E-retz mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional census qualifier mi-ben {מִבֶּ֛ן | mĭ-bén} ‘from son’, esrim {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʿeś-rîm} ‘twenty’, shanah {שָׁנָ֖ה | shă-nāh} ‘year’ and va-ma'lah {וָמָ֑עְלָה | wă-mă-ʻā-lāh} ‘and upward’ establishes the minimum age.
Root and etymology
b-nbet-nun
“son, descendant”
In context — Numbers 26:4
From twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the sons of Israel, those who went out from the land of Egypt .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 26:4, so the Hebrew word מִבְּ֙ן (miben) 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.26.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.4.W1.S1) and character.