Joshua 13:16:10Josh.13.16.W10TAB
בְּתוֹךְ־הַנַּ֛חַל
betokhhanakhal
“in the midst of the valley”
- Transliteration
- be-TOkh-ha-NA-khal
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH-hah-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /bəˈtox.hanˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the midst of the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-TOkh-ha-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-IR a-SHER be-TOkh-ha-NA-khal
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL me-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-se-FAT-NA-khal ar-NON ve-ha-IR a-SHER be-TOkh-ha-NA-khal ve-KOL-ha-mi-SHOR al-meid-VA
Exegesis
The coordination vehaʾir asher betokh hanakhal {וְהָעִ֨יר אֲשֶׁ֧ר בְּתוֹךְ־הַנַּ֛חַל | wə-hā-ʾîr ʾăšer bə-tōḵ han-naḥal} repeats this pattern for the city’s location.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–chet–lamed
“valley, wadi”
In context — Joshua 13:16
Now the boundary for them extended from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, through the city in the midst of the valley, and all the plain as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 13:16, so the Hebrew word בְּתוֹךְ־הַנַּ֛חַל (betokhhanakhal) 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.13.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.16.W10.S1) and character.