בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
ORIGINALBH-058
Biblical Hebrew · Nouns, Describing Words, Number, and “X of Y”
Children of Israel
BH-058Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh
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בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliterationbenei Yisrael
Plain meaningchildren/sons of Israel
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Children of Israel
The plural בָּנִים, sons/children, appears as בְּנֵי in construct. This phrase is so frequent in Tanakh that it should be recognized as a unit while still understanding how the first word is formed.
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benei Yisrael
READINGApproved transliteration
children/sons of Israel
MEANINGBiblical Hebrew
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