Numbers 26:5:1Num.26.5.W1TAB
רְאוּבֵן֙
reuven
“Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-uu-VEHN
- IPA
- /rɛ.ʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-u-VEN
- sentence
re-u-VEN be-KHOR yis-ra-EL be-NEI re-u-VEN kha-NOKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-kha-no-KHI le-pal-LU mish-pa-KHAT ha-pal-LU-i
Exegesis
The verse opens with Reuben {רְאוּבֵן | reʾū-vēn} in apposition to bekhor yisrāʼēl {בְּכוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-khôr yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘firstborn of Israel’, expressing primogeniture through nominal apposition.
The genitive construct benei reuven {בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן | bə-nê reʾū-vēn} ‘sons of Reuben’ governs an enumeration of subtribal groups.
Root and etymology
ר־א־ב
“see a son”
In context — Numbers 26:5
Reuben was the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben were Hanok—the clan of the Hanokite—and Pallu—the clan of the Palluite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 26:5, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵן֙ (reuven) 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.26.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.5.W1.S1) and character.