Numbers 3:9:4Num.3.9.W4TAB
וּלְבָנָ֑יו
ulevanav
“and to his sons”
- Transliteration
- u-le-va-NAV
- Extended
- oo-leh-va-NAAV
- IPA
- /ulə.vaˈnav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to his sons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-va-NAV
- clause
ve-na-ta-TA et-hal-vi-YIM le-a-ha-RON u-le-va-NAV
- sentence
ve-na-ta-TA et-hal-vi-YIM le-a-ha-RON u-le-va-NAV ne-tu-NIM ne-tu-NIM he-MAH LO me-ET be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A pair of prepositional phrases, leaharon {לְאַהֲרֹן | lə-ʾa-hǎ-ron} ‘to Aaron’ and ulevanav {וּלְבָנָ֑יו | wə-lə-ba-nā-v} ‘and to his sons’, establishes the recipients.
In context — Numbers 3:9
You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 3:9, so the Hebrew word וּלְבָנָ֑יו (ulevanav) 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.3.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.9.W4.S1) and character.