Joshua 13:27:3Josh.13.27.W3TAB
וּבֵ֨ית נִמְרָ֜ה
uveit nimra
“and Beth Nimrah”
- Transliteration
- u-VEIT nim-RA
- Extended
- oo-VEET neem-RAH
- IPA
- /uːveːt nimˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Beth Nimrah
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VEIT nim-RA
- 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
consonantsbet–yod–tav
“house”
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 13:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word וּבֵ֨ית נִמְרָ֜ה (uveit nimra) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W3.S1) and character.