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
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-u-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN
- clause
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.