Genesis 11:5:8Gen.11.5.W8PAT
בְּנֵ֥י
benei
“sons of”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI
- Extended
- beh-NEE
- IPA
- /bə.ˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of
- French
- fils de
- Spanish
- hijos de
- Portuguese
- filhos de
- German
- Söhne der
- Russian
- сыновья
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَنُو
- Hindi
- पुत्रों
- Chinese-Simplified
- 儿子们
- Korean
- 아들들
- Indonesian
- anak-anak dari
- Bengali
- পুত্রেরা
- Tagalog
- mga anak ng
- Swahili
- wana wa
- Amharic
- ልጆች
- Yoruba
- awọn ọmọ ti
- Igbo
- ụmụ nke
- Twi
- mma
- Ewe
- viwo si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
בְּ + נֵ֥י
↓
be + nei
↓
benei
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 |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
be-NEI ha-a-DAM
- clause
a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH li-re-OT et-ha-IR ve-et-ha-mig-DAL a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM
In context — Genesis 11:5
LORD {And} descended to look at the city and the tower which sons of humanity built
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 11:5, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵ֥י (benei) 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 Gen.11.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.5.W8.S1) and character.