Joshua 14:4:9Josh.14.4.W9TAB
לַלְוִיִּ֜ם
lalviyim
“to the Levites”
- Transliteration
- lal-vi-YIM
- Extended
- lal-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /lalvijˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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Word in context
- word
lal-vi-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM
- clause
ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM ba-A-retz KI im-a-RIM la-SHE-vet u-mig-re-SHE-hem le-mik-NE-hem u-le-kin-ya-NAM
- sentence
ki-ha-YU ve-NEI-yo-SEF she-NEI mat-TOT me-na-SHEH ve-ef-RA-yim ve-LO-nat-NU KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM ba-A-retz KI im-a-RIM la-SHE-vet u-mig-re-SHE-hem le-mik-NE-hem u-le-kin-ya-NAM
Exegesis
The next clause is joined with vav and negated: velo natnu chelek {וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ֩ חֵ֨לֶק | wə-lōʾ-nāṯənû ḥēleq} denies the normal pattern of a territorial allotment, while the indirect object laLeviim {לַלְוִיִּ֜ם | la-ləwiyyîm} and the locative baaretz {בָּאָ֗רֶץ | bā-ʾāreṣ} define the sphere of what was not given: an allotment “in the land.”
Root and etymology
l–v–ylamed–vav–yod
“join, accompany”
In context — Joshua 14:4
For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, but only cities for dwelling and their pasturelands for their livestock and their possessions.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 14:4, so the Hebrew word לַלְוִיִּ֜ם (lalviyim) 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.14.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.4.W9.S1) and character.