Numbers 32:2:3Num.32.2.W3TAB
וּבְנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֑ן
uvenei reuven
“and the sons of Reuben”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN
- Extended
- oo-beh-NEE reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /uvəneː rəʔuˈveːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the sons of Reuben
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| 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
u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN
- clause
va-ya-VO-u be-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u be-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN va-yo-MRU el-MO-she ve-EL-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-EL-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA le-MOR
Exegesis
The construct state bnei {בְנֵֽי | benê} ‘sons-of’ links each tribal name.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־ה
“to bear; to build”
In context — Numbers 32:2
The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the assembly , saying:
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 32:2, so the Hebrew word וּבְנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֑ן (uvenei 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.32.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.2.W3.S1) and character.