Joshua 13:21:16Josh.13.21.W16TAB
מִדְיָ֗ן
midyan
“Midian”
- Transliteration
- mid-YAN
- Extended
- mid-YAHN
- IPA
- /midˈjan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Midian
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mid-YAN
- phraseyour reading level
o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN
- 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
- 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 context — Joshua 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.