Joshua 13:11:3Josh.13.11.W3TAB
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י
hageshuri
“of the Geshurites”
- Transliteration
- ha-ge-shu-RI
- Extended
- hah-geh-shoo-REE
- IPA
- /haɡəʃuˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Geshurites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ge-shu-RI
- phraseyour reading level
u-gvul ha-ge-shu-RI ve-ha-ma-a-KHA-ti
- sentence
ve-ha-gil-AD u-gvul ha-ge-shu-RI ve-ha-ma-a-KHA-ti ve-KOL HAR kher-MON ve-KOL-ha-ba-SHAN ad-sal-KHA
Exegesis
The construct ugevul {וּגְב֧וּל | ū-ḡə-vul} ‘and border’ followed by hageshuri {הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י | ha-ḡə-šūrî} and vemaakhati {וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗י | wə-hammāʿăḵāṯî} marks possession for adjacent peoples.
In context — Joshua 13:11
Gilead, the border of the Geshurites, the Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all of Bashan as far as Salecah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:11, so the Hebrew word הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י (hageshuri) 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 Josh.13.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.11.W3.S1) and character.