Numbers 3:40:7Num.3.40.W7TAB
לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
livnei yisrael
“of the sons of Israel”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- liv-NEH yis-ra-EL
- IPA
- /livˈneː jis.raˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sons of Israel
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh pe-KOD kol-be-KHOR za-KHAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la ve-SA ET mis-PAR she-mo-TAM
Exegesis
The genitive livnei yisrael {לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | līv·nē yiś·rā·ʾēl} ‘of the sons of Israel’ specifies the group.
Root and etymology
y-sh-r
“to contend”
In context — Numbers 3:40
And the LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn male children of Israel who are one month old or older, and record the number of their names .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 3:40, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (livnei yisrael) 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.3.40.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.40.W7.S1) and character.