Joshua 13:14:12Josh.13.14.W12TAB
נַחֲלָת֔וֹ
nakhalato
“{is} his inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-kha-la-TO
- Extended
- nah-kha-lah-TOH
- IPA
- /naħaˈlatoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {is} his inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
na-kha-la-TO
- phraseyour reading level
HU na-kha-la-TO
- clause
i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO
- sentence
RAK le-SHE-vet ha-LE-vi LO na-TAN na-kha-LA i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO
Exegesis
The construct isheiy YHWH Elohei Yisrael {אִשֵּׁי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ’iş-šêy Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê yiś-rā-’ēl} ‘fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel’ functions as the predicate linked by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hūʼ} to the possessor nachalato {נַחֲלָת֔וֹ | na-ḥă-lā-ṯō} ‘his inheritance’.
Root and etymology
n-kh-l
“stream, valley”
In context — Joshua 13:14
To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance; instead, the fire-offerings of the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 13:14, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלָת֔וֹ (nakhalato) 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.13.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.14.W12.S1) and character.