Joshua 13:27:2Josh.13.27.W2TAB

בֵּ֣ית הָרָם֩

beit haram

“Beth Haram”

Transliteration: BEIT ha-RAM
Extended: BEET hah-RAAM
IPA: /beːt haːˈraːm/

Meaning by language

English: Beth Haram

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Tav	t as in top
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

word
BEIT ha-RAM
phraseyour reading level
BEIT ha-RAM u-VEIT nim-RA
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

It continues with a series of place names—beit haram {בֵּ֣ית הָרָם֩ | bêṯ hā-rām}, uveit nimrah {וּבֵ֨ית נִמְרָ֜ה | ū-bêṯ nim-rāh}, vesukkot {וְסֻכּ֣וֹת | wə-suk-kōṯ}, vetsaphon {וְצָפ֗וֹן | wə-ṣā-phon}—coordinated by vav-conjunctions in an asyndetic list typical of Hebrew boundary descriptions.

Root and etymology

h-rheh–resh

“mountain, height”

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 13:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֣ית הָרָם֩ (beit haram) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W2.S1) and character.

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