Joshua 13:21:10Josh.13.21.W10TAB

בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן

bekheshbon

in Heshbon

Transliteration
be-khesh-BON
Extended
beh-khesh-BOHN
IPA
/bəxɛʃˈboːn/

Meaning by language

English
in Heshbon

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + חֶשְׁ + בּ֑וֹן
be + khesh + bon
bekheshbon

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-khesh-BON

  2. clause

    ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON

  3. sentence

    ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz

Exegesis

The relative clause melek haemori asher malakh becheshbon {מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמוֹרִי אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן | mêleḵ hā-ʾĕmôrî ʾǎšer mâlaḵ bǝ-ḥeš-bôn} specifies his reign’s seat.

Root and etymology

ḥ-sh-bchet–shin–bet

to reckon

In contextJoshua 13:21

And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck down, and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Khur, and Reva, princes of Sihon—who were dwelling in the land .

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 13:21, so the Hebrew word בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן (bekheshbon) 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.13.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.21.W10.S1) and character.