Joshua 14:5:6Josh.14.5.W6TAB
עָשׂ֖וּ
asu
“they did”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- aa-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
KEN a-SU
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH ET-MO-sheh KEN a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH ET-MO-sheh KEN a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yakh-le-KU ET-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The adverb kên {כֵּן | kên} ‘so’ affirms that response, leading into asu {עָשׂוּ | ʿā-sû} ‘they did’, which expresses Israel’s fulfilled obedience.
In context — Joshua 14:5
Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel, and they divided the land .
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 14:5, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֖וּ (asu) 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.14.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.5.W6.S1) and character.