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

Result
אֲ + שֶׁר + נָ + חֲ + ל֥וּ
a + sher + na + ha + lu
ashernahalu

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHER-NA-ha-lu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el

  3. clause

    ve-E-leh a-SHER-NA-ha-lu ve-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-E-retz ke-NA-an

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.