Joshua 13:21:16Josh.13.21.W16TAB

מִדְיָ֗ן

midyan

Midian

Transliteration
mid-YAN
Extended
mid-YAHN
IPA
/midˈjan/

Meaning by language

English
Midian

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Result
מִדְ + יָ֗ן
mid + yan
midyan

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    mid-YAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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 appositional series nesiei midyan {נְשִׂיאֵי מִדְיָן | nesîʾê Midyān} enumerates the Midianite chiefs, with each proper name as an apposition.

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 13:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 13:21, so the Hebrew word מִדְיָ֗ן (midyan) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.21.W16.S1) and character.