Joshua 13:16:8Josh.13.16.W8TAB
וְהָעִ֨יר
vehair
“and the city”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-IR
- Extended
- veh-ha-EER
- IPA
- /vəhaˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the city
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-IR
- 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
’-y-rayin–yod–resh
“city, fortified place”
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 13:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְהָעִ֨יר (vehair) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.16.W8.S1) and character.