Joshua 13:20:2Josh.13.20.W2TAB
וְאַשְׁדּ֥וֹת הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה
veashdot hapisgah
“and the slopes of Pisgah”
- Transliteration
- ve-ash-DOT ha-pis-GAH
- Extended
- veh-ash-DOHT hah-pis-GAH
- IPA
- /vəʔaʃˈdoːt happisˈgaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the slopes of Pisgah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ash-DOT ha-pis-GAH
- sentence
u-VEIT pe-OR ve-ash-DOT ha-pis-GAH u-VEIT hai-shi-MOT
Exegesis
The sequence veashdot {וְאַשְׁדּוֹת | wə-ʾaš-dōṯ} ‘and slopes’ followed by ha-pisgah {הַפִּסְגָּה | hap-pis-gāh} ‘the Pisgah’ forms a genitive/topographic relation (“slopes of Pisgah”): the second noun is definite, and the pair is best represented in English with “of” to express that the slopes belong to, or lie on, Pisgah.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–shin–dalet
“slope, declivity”
In context — Joshua 13:20
Beth-peor , and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 13:20, so the Hebrew word וְאַשְׁדּ֥וֹת הַפִּסְגָּ֖ה (veashdot hapisgah) 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.13.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.20.W2.S1) and character.