Genesis 37:21:2Gen.37.21.W2PAT

רְאוּבֵ֔ן

reuven

Reuben

Transliteration
re-u-VEN
Extended
reh-oo-VEHN
IPA
/rə.ʔuː.ˈveːn/

Meaning by language

English
Reuben
French
Ruben
Spanish
Rubén
Portuguese
Rúben
German
Ruben
Russian
Рувим
Arabic-Simplified
رَأُوبَيْن
Hindi
रूबेन
Chinese-Simplified
流便
Korean
르우벤
Indonesian
Ruben
Bengali
রূবেন
Tagalog
Ruben
Swahili
Reubeni
Amharic
ሮቤን
Yoruba
Rúbẹ́nì
Igbo
Rúben
Twi
Reuben

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
רְא + וּ + בֵ֔ן
re + u + ven
reuven

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    re-u-VEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-MA re-u-VEN

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM va-YO-mer LO na-KEN-nu NA-fesh

In contextGenesis 37:21

and he heard Reuben and he rescued him from their hand and he said not let us strike him life

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 37:21, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵ֔ן (reuven) 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.37.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.21.W2.S1) and character.