Joshua 13:12:8Josh.13.12.W8TAB
נִשְׁאַר֙
nishar
“remained”
- Transliteration
- nish-AR
- Extended
- nish-AHR
- IPA
- /niʃˈʔaʁ/
Meaning by language
- English
- remained
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-AR
- phraseyour reading level
HU nish-AR
- clause
HU nish-AR mi-ye-TER ha-re-fa-IM va-ya-KEM mo-SHEH va-yo-ri-SHEM
- sentence
kol-mam-le-KUT OG ba-ba-SHAN a-SHER-ma-LAKH be-ash-tar-OT u-ve-ed-re-I HU nish-AR mi-ye-TER ha-re-fa-IM va-ya-KEM mo-SHEH va-yo-ri-SHEM
Exegesis
The independent pronoun hu {ה֤וּא | hû} ‘he’ emphasizes Og’s unique survival when nishar {נִשְׁאַר֙ | niš-’ār} ‘remained’ (Niphal perfect) from the miyeter {מִיֶּ֣תֶר | miy-ye-ter} ‘remnant’ of haRefaim {הָרְפָאִ֔ים | hā-rə-pā-’îm} ‘the Rephaim.’
Root and etymology
n-sh-’nun–shin–aleph
“to remain”
In context — Joshua 13:12
All the kingdom of Og in the Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei—he was left from the remnant of the Rephaim ; Moses struck them down and dispossessed them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 13:12, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁאַר֙ (nishar) 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.13.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.12.W8.S1) and character.