Joshua 13:27:1Josh.13.27.W1TAB
וּבָעֵ֡מֶק
uvaemek
“and in the valley”
- Transliteration
- u-va-E-mek
- Extended
- oo-vah-EH-mek
- IPA
- /uvaːˈʕɛmɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the valley
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-E-mek
- clause
u-va-E-mek BEIT ha-RAM u-VEIT nim-RA ve-su-KOT ve-tsa-FON YE-ter mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh khesh-BON ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL
- sentence
u-va-E-mek BEIT ha-RAM u-VEIT nim-RA ve-su-KOT ve-tsa-FON YE-ter mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh khesh-BON ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL ad-kse yam-ki-NE-ret E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with uva'emek {וּבָעֵ֡מֶק | ū-vā-ʿē-meq} ‘and in the valley’, establishing the geographic frame.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־ק
“valley, depth”
In context — Joshua 13:27
And in the valley were Beit-Haram, Beit-Nimrah, Sukkoth, and Zaphon, the remainder of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon; and the Jordan with its border up to the edge of the Sea of Kinneret eastward .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word וּבָעֵ֡מֶק (uvaemek) 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.13.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W1.S1) and character.