Joshua 14:1:13Josh.14.1.W13TAB
וְרָאשֵׁ֛י
verashei
“and the heads”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-SHEI
- Extended
- veh-rah-SHEH-ee
- IPA
- /vəraːˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the heads
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-SHEI
- clause
a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an a-SHER ni-HA-lu o-TAM el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ra-SHEI a-VOT ha-mat-TOT li-vnei yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The coordinated authority of Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and verashei avot hamattot {וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַמַּטּוֹת | wə-rā-šê ă-vōṯ ha-mat-tôṯ} ‘the heads of the fathers of the tribes’ underscores a combined priestly and tribal leadership in establishing territorial boundaries.
In context — Joshua 14:1
And these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which were allotted to them by Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 14:1, so the Hebrew word וְרָאשֵׁ֛י (verashei) 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.14.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.1.W13.S1) and character.