Joshua 14:1:2Josh.14.1.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲל֥וּ
ashernahalu
“that inherited”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-NA-ha-lu
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-NAH-ha-loo
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.naħăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that inherited
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-NA-ha-lu
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el
- clause
ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an
- 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
It uses the relative clause asher-nachalu {אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲלוּ | ă-šer nā-ḥă-lû} ‘which they inherited’ in Qal perfect to denote covenant possession, followed by asher-nichalu {אֲשֶׁר נִחֲלוּ | ă-šer ni-ḥă-lû} ‘which they were allotted’ in Niphal perfect to indicate formal distribution.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–het–lamed
“inherit, possess”
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 14:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 14:1, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲל֥וּ (ashernahalu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.1.W2.S1) and character.