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

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Result
בְּ + נֵ֥י
be + nei
benei

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NEI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-NEI ha-a-DAM

  3. clause

    a-SHER ba-NU be-NEI ha-a-DAM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.