Joshua 13:17:1Josh.13.17.W1TAB
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
kheshbon
“Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- khesh-BON
- Extended
- khesh-BOHN
- IPA
- /ħɛʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Heshbon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
חֶשְׁ + בּוֹן
↓
khesh + bon
↓
kheshbon
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
khesh-BON
- sentence
khesh-BON ve-KHOL-a-re-HA a-SHER ba-mi-SHOR di-VON u-va-MOT BA-al u-VEIT BA-al me-ON
Root and etymology
ḥ-sh-bchet–shin–bet
“to reckon”
In context — Joshua 13:17
Heshbon and all its towns that are in the plain ; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, and Beth Baal Meon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 13:17, so the Hebrew word חֶשְׁבּוֹן (kheshbon) 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.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.17.W1.S1) and character.