Numbers 4:39:1Num.4.39.W1TAB
מִבֶּ֨ן
miben
“from a son”
- Transliteration
- mi-BEN
- Extended
- mih-BEN
- IPA
- /mibˈen/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a son
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BEN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BEN she-lo-SHIM sha-NA
- clause
mi-BEN she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-MA-la ve-AD ben-kha-mi-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
mi-BEN she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-MA-la ve-AD ben-kha-mi-SHIM sha-NA kol-ha-BA la-tsa-VA la-a-vo-DA be-O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prepositional phrase min-ben {מִבֶּן | mibbēn} ‘from the son’ establishing the starting age. The coordinated numerals sheloshim šānāh vāmaʿālāh wəʿad ben-ḥǎmîšîm šānāh define strict age limits.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-nun
“son; member”
In context — Numbers 4:39
From thirty years old and upward, even until fifty years old, every one coming to the service to do the work in the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 4:39, so the Hebrew word מִבֶּ֨ן (miben) 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.4.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.39.W1.S1) and character.