Joshua 14:15:1Josh.14.15.W1TAB

וְשֵׁ֨ם

veshem

and the name

Transliteration
ve-SHEM
Extended
veh-SHEEM
IPA
/vəˈʃeːm/

Meaning by language

English
and the name

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Result
וְ + שֵׁ֨ם
ve + shem
veshem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-SHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-SHEM khev-RON le-fa-NIM

  3. clause

    ve-SHEM khev-RON le-fa-NIM kir-YAT ar-BA ha-a-DAM ha-ga-DOL ba-a-na-KIM HU

  4. sentence

    ve-SHEM khev-RON le-fa-NIM kir-YAT ar-BA ha-a-DAM ha-ga-DOL ba-a-na-KIM HU ve-ha-A-retz shak-TA mi-mil-kha-MA

Exegesis

The verse opens with the onomastic marker veshem {וְשֵׁם | wə-šēm} ‘and name’, indicating designation.

In contextJoshua 14:15

The name of Hebron in former times was Kiryat Arba, named for Arba , the great man among the Anakim; and the land was at rest from war.

About this coordinate

Joshua 14:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁ֨ם (veshem) 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.14.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.15.W1.S1) and character.