Joshua 13:8:5Josh.13.8.W5TAB

נַחֲלָתָ֑ם

nachalatam

their inheritance

Transliteration
na-cha-la-TAM
Extended
nah-khah-lah-TAHM
IPA
/naχa.laˈtam/

Meaning by language

English
their inheritance

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Result
נַ + חֲ + לָ + תָ֑ם
na + cha + la + tam
nachalatam

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-cha-la-TAM

  2. clause

    im-MO ha-re-u-VE-ni ve-ha-GA-di lak-KHU na-cha-la-TAM

  3. sentence

    im-MO ha-re-u-VE-ni ve-ha-GA-di lak-KHU na-cha-la-TAM a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-cha ka-a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The Qal perfect laqachu {לָקְחוּ | lā-qa-ḥû} indicates completed acquisition, with nakhalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-ṯām} as a construct noun of possession.

Root and etymology

n-kh-l

stream, valley

In contextJoshua 13:8

With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance , which Moses had given to them east of the Jordan, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD , had given to them.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 13:8, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלָתָ֑ם (nachalatam) 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.13.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.8.W5.S1) and character.