Joshua 14:3:10Josh.14.3.W10TAB
וְלַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם
velaleviyim
“but to the Levites”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-le-vi-YIM
- Extended
- veh-lah-le-vi-YIM
- IPA
- /vəlal.viˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- but to the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-le-vi-YIM
- clause
ve-la-le-vi-YIM lo-na-TAN na-kha-LA be-to-KHAM
- sentence
kee-NA-tan mo-SHEH na-kha-LAT she-NEI ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH mei-E-ver la-yar-DEN ve-la-le-vi-YIM lo-na-TAN na-kha-LA be-to-KHAM
Exegesis
A contrastive clause wə-ləwîyīm lōʾ nāṭān naḥālāh bə-ṯōkām {וְלַלְוִיִּם לֹא־נָתַן נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹכָם | wə-ləwî-yîm lōʾ nāṭān naḥā-lāh bə-ṯō-kām} ‘but to the Levites he did not give an inheritance among them’ front-loads the indirect object with wə-ləwîyīm ‘to the Levites’ and uses lōʾ ‘not’ to highlight their exception. English rendering adopts subject–verb–object order and maintains the contrast with ‘but’ for clarity.
Root and etymology
l–v–ylamed–vav–yod
“join, accompany”
In context — Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance to two tribes and to the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he did not give an inheritance among them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 14:3, so the Hebrew word וְלַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם (velaleviyim) 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.14.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.3.W10.S1) and character.