Joshua 13:24:4Josh.13.24.W4TAB
לִבְנֵי־גָ֖ד
livneigad
“to the descendants of Gad”
- Transliteration
- liv-NEI-GAD
- Extended
- liv-NEH-GAAD
- IPA
- /livneˈːˈɡaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the descendants of Gad
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
liv-NEI-GAD
- sentence
va-yi-TEN mo-SHEH le-ma-TEH-GAD liv-NEI-GAD le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
This is immediately specified by liḇnê {לִבְנֵי | li·ḇnê} ’to the sons’, again in construct with Gad, narrowing the reference to descendants of Gad.
Root and etymology
Rootb n y
“sons, descendants”
In context — Joshua 13:24
Moses gave the land to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their clans .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:24, so the Hebrew word לִבְנֵי־גָ֖ד (livneigad) 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.13.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.24.W4.S1) and character.