Numbers 32:37:2Num.32.37.W2TAB
רְאוּבֵן֙
reuven
“Reuben”
- Transliteration
- re-u-VEN
- Extended
- reh-oo-VEHN
- IPA
- /rɛʔuˈveːn/
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
u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN
- clause
u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN ba-NU et-KHESH-bon ve-et-el-a-LE
- sentence
u-ve-NEI re-u-VEN ba-NU et-KHESH-bon ve-et-el-a-LE ve-ET kir-ya-TA-yim
Exegesis
This is followed by Reuven {רְאוּבֵן֙ | Rə‘ûḇēn} ‘Reuben’ in construct relation.
Root and etymology
b-n-nbet–nun–nun
“son, descendant”
In context — Numbers 32:37
And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:37:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:37, 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.32.37.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.37.W2.S1) and character.