Joshua 13:27:7Josh.13.27.W7TAB
מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן
melekh kheshbon
“king of Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh khesh-BON
- Extended
- MEH-lekh khesh-BOHN
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlɛx xeʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Heshbon
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
ME-lekh khesh-BON
- 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 construct chain mamlekhet sichon {מַמְלְכוּת סִיחוֹן֙ | mam-le-kûṯ sî-ḥôn} ‘kingdom of Sihon’ linked with melech heshbon {מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן | mê-leḵ ḥĕš-bôn} ‘king of Heshbon’ conveys political possession.
Root and etymology
“to rule”
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 13:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן (melekh kheshbon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W7.S1) and character.