Joshua 13:30:7Josh.13.30.W7TAB
מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֗ן
melekhhabashan
“king of Bashan”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN
- Extended
- MEH-lekh-hah-baa-SHAAN
- IPA
- /ʕoːɡ/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Bashan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
kol-mam-le-KHUT OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-vu-LAM mi-ma-kha-NA-yim kol-ha-ba-SHAN kol-mam-le-KHUT OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN ve-KOL-kha-VOT ya-IR a-SHER ba-ba-SHAN shi-SHIM IR
Exegesis
Melekh-habashan {מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֗ן | meleḵ·hab-bāšān} forms a construct chain denoting possession, and the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ with babashan {בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן | bab-bāšān} ‘in Bashan’ qualifies the settlements as those of Jair.
Root and etymology
“to rule”
In context — Joshua 13:30
And their border extended from Mahanaim through all Bashan, the entire kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair in Bashan, numbering sixty cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 13:30, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֗ן (melekhhabashan) 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.13.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.30.W7.S1) and character.