Numbers 32:6:3Num.32.6.W3TAB

לִבְנֵי־גָ֖ד

livneigad

to the sons of Gad

Transliteration
liv-NEI-GAD
Extended
leev-NEI-GAAD
IPA
/livneːˈɡaːd/

Meaning by language

English
to the sons of Gad

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לִבְ + נֵי + גָ֖ד
liv + nei + gad
livneigad

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    liv-NEI-GAD

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN ha-a-KHEI-khem ya-VO-u la-mil-kha-MAH ve-a-TEM te-SHU-vu PO

Exegesis

The prepositional construct pairs livnei {לִבְנֵי־ | liḇnê} ‘to the sons of’ and v’livnei {וְלִבְנֵ֣י | wə-liḇnê} ‘and to the sons of’ distribute the command to the tribes of Gad and Reuben.

Root and etymology

ב־נ־ה

to bear; to build

In contextNumbers 32:6

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Will your brothers go to war while you sit here?”

About this coordinate

Numbers 32:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 32:6, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵי־גָ֖ד (livneigad) 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.32.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.6.W3.S1) and character.