Joshua 13:25:7Josh.13.25.W7TAB
וַחֲצִ֕י
vakhatzi
“and half”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-TZI
- Extended
- vah-kha-TZEE
- IPA
- /vaħaˈtsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and half
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-TZI
- clause
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GEV-ul ya-a-ZER ve-KHOL-a-REI hag-gil-AD va-kha-TZI E-retz be-NEI a-MON
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GEV-ul ya-a-ZER ve-KHOL-a-REI hag-gil-AD va-kha-TZI E-retz be-NEI a-MON ad-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-pe-NEI ra-BA
Exegesis
Construct chains unite place names: yaʿzer vekhol-arei hagilad {יַעְזֵר וְכָל־עָרֵי הַגִּלְעָ֔ד | yaʿ-zêr wə-khol-ʿă-rê ha-gil-ʿāḏ} ‘Jazer and all the cities of Gilead’, and vehatsi eretz benei ʿAmmon {וַחֲצִ֕י אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן | wa-ḥa-ṣî ʾe-reṣ bə-nê ʿam-môn} ‘and half the land of the sons of Ammon’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-yheh–tsade–yod
“division”
In context — Joshua 13:25
And their boundary was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the sons of Ammon up to Aroer which is before Rabbah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 13:25, so the Hebrew word וַחֲצִ֕י (vakhatzi) 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.13.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.25.W7.S1) and character.