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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-NEI-GAD
- clause
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH liv-NEI-GAD ve-liv-NEI re-u-VEN
- 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 context — Numbers 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.