2 Kings 23:8:182 Kgs.23.8.W18TAB
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙
yehoshua
“Joshua”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-SHU-a
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-SHOO-ah
- IPA
- /jəhoːˈʃuʕaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Joshua
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-SHU-a
- phraseyour reading level
SHA-ar ye-ho-SHU-a
- clause
ve-na-TSATS et-ba-MOT ha-she-a-RIM a-SHER-PE-taKH SHA-ar ye-ho-SHU-a sar-ha-IR a-SHER-al-se-MOL ISH be-SHA-ar ha-IR
- sentence
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA ve-na-TSATS et-ba-MOT ha-she-a-RIM a-SHER-PE-taKH SHA-ar ye-ho-SHU-a sar-ha-IR a-SHER-al-se-MOL ISH be-SHA-ar ha-IR
In context — 2 Kings 23:8
And he brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places where they had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and he broke down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city commander, which were on the left of the city gate.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Kings 23:8, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (yehoshua) 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 2 Kgs.23.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.8.W18.S1) and character.