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

Result
נַ + חֲ + לָ + ת֔וֹ
na + kha + la + to
nakhalato

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-kha-la-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HU na-kha-la-TO

  3. clause

    i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL HU na-kha-la-TO ka-a-SHER di-BER-LO

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.