Joshua 14:15:11Josh.14.15.W11TAB
שָׁקְטָ֖ה
shakta
“had rest”
- Transliteration
- shak-TA
- Extended
- shahk-TAH
- IPA
- /ʃaqˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- had rest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
shak-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-A-retz shak-TA
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz shak-TA mi-mil-kha-MA
- 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 perfect verb shakta {שָׁקְטָה | šā-qə-ṯāh} ‘was at rest’ agrees with ve-ha-aretz {וְהָאָרֶץ | wə-hā-’ā-reṣ} and conveys completed cessation.
Root and etymology
š-q-ṭShin–Qof–Tet
“to be quiet, be at peace”
In context — Joshua 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 14:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 14:15, so the Hebrew word שָׁקְטָ֖ה (shakta) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.15.W11.S1) and character.