Numbers 35:8:5Num.35.8.W5TAB
בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
beneiyisrael
“of the sons of Israel”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- beh-NEH-yees-rah-EL
- IPA
- /bənej jisraˈʔel/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sons of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU me-a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ET ha-RAV tar-BU u-me-ET ham-AT tam-IT-u
- sentence
ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER tit-NU me-a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ET ha-RAV tar-BU u-me-ET ham-AT tam-IT-u ISH ke-FI na-cha-la-TO a-SHER yin-cha-LU yit-TEN me-a-ra-VAV lal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The verb tittenu {תִּתְּנוּ | tit-tə-nû} “you shall give” governs the prepositional phrase meachuzat benei-yisrael {מֵאֲחֻזַּת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | mê-’ă-ḥuv-zat bə-nē-yis-rā-’ēl} “from the possession of the sons of Israel.”
Root and etymology
ś-r-hShin–Resh–He
“to struggle”
In context — Numbers 35:8
And the cities you give shall come from the possession of the sons of Israel . From a tribe with many cities you shall give more, and from a tribe with few cities you shall give fewer; each man shall give from his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance .
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 35:8, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (beneiyisrael) 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.35.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.8.W5.S1) and character.