1 Chronicles 16:38:91 Chr.16.38.W9TAB
וְחֹסָ֖ה
vekhosa
“and Hosah”
- Transliteration
- ve-kho-SA
- Extended
- veh-khoh-SAA
- IPA
- /wəħoːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Hosah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kho-SA
- clause
ve-o-VED e-DOM ben-ye-di-TUN ve-kho-SA le-sho-a-RIM
- sentence
ve-o-VED e-DOM va-a-khe-HEM shi-SHIM u-she-mo-NA ve-o-VED e-DOM ben-ye-di-TUN ve-kho-SA le-sho-a-RIM
Exegesis
An appositional repetition of Obed-Edom paired with ben-yeḏiṯûn {בֶּן־יְדִית֛וּן | ben-yə-ḏî-ṯûn} “son of Jeduthun,” and veḥōśeh {וְחֹסָ֖ה | wə-ḥō-śāh} “and Hosah” specifies individual identities.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:38
And Obed-Edom and his brothers, sixty-eight in all, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:38:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 16:38, so the Hebrew word וְחֹסָ֖ה (vekhosa) 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 1 Chr.16.38.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.38.W9.S1) and character.