Joshua 14:13:7Josh.14.13.W7TAB
לְנַחֲלָֽה׃
lenakhalah
“for an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- le-na-kha-LAH
- Extended
- leh-nah-kha-LAA
- IPA
- /lɛnaħaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for an inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-na-kha-LAH
- clause
va-yi-TEN ET-khev-RON le-ka-LEV BEN-ye-fu-NEH le-na-kha-LAH
- sentence
va-ye-var-KHE-hu ye-ho-SHU-a va-yi-TEN ET-khev-RON le-ka-LEV BEN-ye-fu-NEH le-na-kha-LAH
Exegesis
The closing prepositional phrase lə-na-ḥă-lāh {לְנַחֲלָֽה | lə-na-ḥă-lāh} ‘as an inheritance’ frames the gift in legal-covenantal terms: the transfer is not temporary use but an enduring allotment. In English, the coordinated verbs are rendered with natural sequencing (“blessed… and granted/assigned”) while retaining the forward-moving structure of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
consonantsNun–Chet–Lamed
“to take possession, inherit”
In context — Joshua 14:13
Joshua blessed him and granted Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance .
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 14:13, so the Hebrew word לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ (lenakhalah) 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.14.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.13.W7.S1) and character.