Numbers 34:21:2Num.34.21.W2TAB
בִנְיָמִ֔ן
binyamin
“Benjamin”
- Transliteration
- bin-ya-MIN
- Extended
- bin-ya-MEEN
- IPA
- /binjaˈmin/
Meaning by language
- English
- Benjamin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bin-ya-MIN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
le-ma-TEH bin-ya-MIN e-li-DAD ben-KIS-lon
Exegesis
This is followed by the proper noun binyamin {בִנְיָמִ֔ן | binyāmîn} ‘Benjamin’, forming a genitival phrase.
Root and etymology
y-m-nyod-mem-nun
“right hand; south”
In context — Numbers 34:21
For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 34:21, so the Hebrew word בִנְיָמִ֔ן (binyamin) 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.34.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.21.W2.S1) and character.