Genesis 37:22:3Gen.37.22.W3PAT

רְאוּבֵן֮

reuven

Reuben

Transliteration
re-u-VEN
Extended
reh-oo-VEEN
IPA
/rə.ʔuˈveːn/

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
רְא + וּ + בֵן֮
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-YO-mer a-le-HEM re-u-VEN

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM re-u-VEN al-ti-she-pe-khu-DAM ha-she-LI-khu o-TO el-hab-BOR haz-ZEH a-SHER ba-mi-de-BAR ve-YAD al-ti-she-le-khu-VO

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM re-u-VEN al-ti-she-pe-khu-DAM ha-she-LI-khu o-TO el-hab-BOR haz-ZEH a-SHER ba-mi-de-BAR ve-YAD al-ti-she-le-khu-VO le-MA-an ha-TSIL o-TO mi-ya-DAM la-ha-shi-VO el-a-VIV

In contextGenesis 37:22

and he said to them Reuben do not shed blood throw him to the pit this which in the wilderness and hand do not lay on him so that to rescue him from their hand to return him to his father

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 37:22, so the Hebrew word רְאוּבֵן֮ (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.37.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.22.W3.S1) and character.