Joshua 13:6:8Josh.13.6.W8TAB
אוֹרִישֵׁ֔ם
orishem
“will drive them out”
- Transliteration
- o-ri-SHEM
- Extended
- oh-ree-SHEYM
- IPA
- /ʔoːriˈʃem/
Meaning by language
- English
- will drive them out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ri-SHEM
- clause
KOL-YO-shve ha-HAR min-hal-le-va-NON ad-mis-re-FOT MA-yim KOL-tsi-do-NIM a-no-KHI o-ri-SHEM mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
KOL-YO-shve ha-HAR min-hal-le-va-NON ad-mis-re-FOT MA-yim KOL-tsi-do-NIM a-no-KHI o-ri-SHEM mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL RAK ha-pi-le-HA le-yis-ra-EL be-na-ha-LA ka-a-SHER tsi-vi-ti-KHA
Exegesis
The emphatic pronoun anokhi {אָנֹכִי | ʼānō-khî} prefacing orishem {אוֹרִישֵׁם | ōrî-šêm} ‘I will dispossess them’ highlights divine agency in the causative Hiphil form.
Root and etymology
y-r-shy-r-sh
“to dispossess”
In context — Joshua 13:6
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-Maim, all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive them out before the sons of Israel. Only allot it to Israel by lot as an inheritance , as I have commanded you.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 13:6, so the Hebrew word אוֹרִישֵׁ֔ם (orishem) 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.13.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.6.W8.S1) and character.