Numbers 4:39:6Num.4.39.W6TAB
בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים
benkhamishim
“a son of fifty”
- Transliteration
- ben-kha-mi-SHIM
- Extended
- BEN-khah-mee-SHEEM
- IPA
- /bɛn.xa.miˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son of fifty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-kha-mi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-kha-mi-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
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 4:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 4:39, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (benkhamishim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.39.W6.S1) and character.