Joshua 13:23:8Josh.13.23.W8TAB
נַחֲלַ֤ת
nahalat
“the inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-ha-LAT
- Extended
- nah-ha-LAHT
- IPA
- /naħaˈlat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-ha-LAT
- phraseyour reading level
ZOT na-ha-LAT be-NEI-re-u-VEN
- clause
ZOT na-ha-LAT be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam he-a-RIM ve-hats-re-HEN
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-VUL be-NEI re-u-VEN ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL ZOT na-ha-LAT be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam he-a-RIM ve-hats-re-HEN
Exegesis
It recurs to introduce the appositional summary marked by zôt {זֹ֣את | zôt} ‘this’ and the construct naḥălâṯ {נַחֲלַ֤ת | naḥălâṯ} ‘inheritance’.
Root and etymology
n-kh-l
“stream, valley”
In context — Joshua 13:23
And the boundary of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan ; this was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families—the cities and their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 13:23, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלַ֤ת (nahalat) 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.13.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.23.W8.S1) and character.