Joshua 13:29:3Josh.13.29.W3TAB
לַחֲצִ֖י
lakhatsi
“to the half”
- Transliteration
- la-kha-TSI
- Extended
- lah-kha-TSIH
- IPA
- /laħaˈtsi/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the half
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
la-kha-TSI
- clause
va-yi-TEN mo-SHEH la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yi-TEN mo-SHEH la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH va-ye-HI la-kha-TSI ma-TEH be-NEI-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The repeated prepositional phrase lachatzi {לַחֲצִי | laḥaṣṣî} “to half” emphasizes the division of inheritance.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-yheh–tsade–yod
“division”
In context — Joshua 13:29
And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasseh, and it became for half the branch of the descendants of Manasseh according to their families .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 13:29, so the Hebrew word לַחֲצִ֖י (lakhatsi) 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.13.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.29.W3.S1) and character.