Joshua 14:10:25Josh.14.10.W25TAB
בֶּן־חָמֵ֥שׁ
benkhamesh
“son of five”
- Transliteration
- ben-kha-MESH
- Extended
- beh-en-khaa-MEHSH
- IPA
- /ben.xaˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM
- clause
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH a-no-KHI ha-YOM ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM sha-NAH
- sentence
ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR ve-a-TAH hi-NEH a-no-KHI ha-YOM ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM sha-NAH
Exegesis
The closing clause anoki hayyom ben-chamesh ushmonim shanah {אָנֹכִי הַיּוֹם בֶּן־חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה | ʾānōkî hayyôm ben-ḥāmēš ûšmōnîm šānāh} presents the age idiom as a climactic confirmation: the speaker’s current state verifies the long-term reliability of what YHWH said.
In context — Joshua 14:10
And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as He spoke, these forty-five years since then the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am today eighty-five years old.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:10:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Joshua 14:10, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־חָמֵ֥שׁ (benkhamesh) 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.14.10.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.10.W25.S1) and character.