Numbers 32:33:6Num.32.33.W6TAB
רְאוּבֵ֜ן
reuven
“Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /rəʔuˈveːn/
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
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN
- clause
va-yi-TEN la-HEM mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH ben-YO-sef ET-mam-le-KHET si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI ve-ET-mam-le-KHET OG ME-lekh ha-ba-SHAN
- sentence
va-yi-TEN la-HEM mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH ben-YO-sef ET-mam-le-KHET si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI ve-ET-mam-le-KHET OG ME-lekh ha-ba-SHAN ha-A-retz le-a-re-HA big-vu-LOT a-REI ha-A-retz sa-VIV
Exegesis
Recipients are introduced by the prepositional constructs livnei-Gad {לִבְנֵי־גָד | livnê Gād} ‘to the sons of Gad’, wə-livnê Reʾūḇēn {וְלִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן | wə-livnê Reʾūḇēn} ‘and to the sons of Reuben’, and wə-laḥaṣṣî šeḇeṭ {וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט | wə-laḥaṣṣî šeḇeṭ} ‘and to the half-tribe’.
Root and etymology
b-n-nbet–nun–nun
“son, descendant”
In context — Numbers 32:33
Moses gave to the sons of Gad, to the sons of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan—the land with its cities within its borders, the cities of the land all around.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 32:33, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵ֜ן (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.32.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.33.W6.S1) and character.