Joshua 14:1:8Josh.14.1.W8TAB
אוֹתָ֗ם
otam
“to them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- 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
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 14:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 14:1, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָ֗ם (otam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.1.W8.S1) and character.