Joshua 13:26:1Josh.13.26.W1TAB
וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן
umekheshbon
“and from Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- u-me-khesh-BON
- Extended
- oo-meh-khehsh-BOHN
- IPA
- /u.meː.ħɛʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from Heshbon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-me-khesh-BON
- clause
u-me-khesh-BON ad-ra-MAT ha-mits-PEH u-ve-to-NIM
- sentence
u-me-khesh-BON ad-ra-MAT ha-mits-PEH u-ve-to-NIM u-mi-ma-kha-NA-yim ad-ge-VUL lid-VER
Root and etymology
ḥ-sh-bchet–shin–bet
“to reckon”
In context — Joshua 13:26
From Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 13:26, so the Hebrew word וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן (umekheshbon) 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.13.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.26.W1.S1) and character.