H1108 H1108
the Belaite (gentilic: descendant of Bela, son of Benjamin)
This gentilic adjective with the definite article functions collectively to designate the clan descended from Bela, the firstborn son of Benjamin. Numbers 26:38 includes them in the census of Benjaminite families during the wilderness period. The standard transliteration across languages reflects the conventional pattern for forming and translating Hebrew tribal designations.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Collective designation for Bela's descendants in the Benjaminite census of Numbers 26:38. The definite article with the gentilic form ('the Belaite' in English and German) marks this as a recognized family group within Benjamin's tribal structure. 1×
AR["الْبَلْعِيِّ"]·ben["বলয়ীদের"]·DE["der-Belaite"]·EN["the-Belaite"]·FR["le-Belaite"]·heb["ה-בלעי"]·HI["बलई-का"]·ID["orang-Bela"]·IT["il-Belaite"]·jav["tiyang-Béla"]·KO["그-벨라-의"]·PT["o-bal'ita"]·RU["Белино"]·ES["los-belaítas"]·SW["Wabela"]·TR["-Belaluların"]·urd["بلعیوں-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּלְעִי adj.gent. of 2, הַבּ׳ n. coll. Nu 26:38.