Joshua 13:17:4Josh.13.17.W4TAB
בַּמִּישֹׁר
bamishor
“in the plain”
- Transliteration
- ba-mi-SHOR
- Extended
- bah-mee-SHOHR
- IPA
- /bamˈmiːʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the plain
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mi-SHOR
- 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
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} introduces a restrictive clause specifying location with bamishor {בַּמִּישֹׁר | bā-mî-šôr} ‘in the plain’.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“level plain”
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 13:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:17, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּישֹׁר (bamishor) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.17.W4.S1) and character.