Joshua 14:6:3Josh.14.6.W3TAB
אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙
elyehoshua
“to Joshua”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-SHU-a
- Extended
- EHL-yeh-hoh-SHOO-ah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoˈʃu.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Joshua
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ye-ho-SHU-a
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-SHU be-NEI-ye-hu-DAH el-ye-ho-SHU-a
- clause
va-yig-SHU be-NEI-ye-hu-DAH el-ye-ho-SHU-a ba-gil-GAL va-YO-mer e-LAV ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH hak-ke-ni-ZI
- sentence
va-yig-SHU be-NEI-ye-hu-DAH el-ye-ho-SHU-a ba-gil-GAL va-YO-mer e-LAV ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH hak-ke-ni-ZI a-TA ya-DAT-ta et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM al-o-do-TAI ve-al-o-do-TEI-kha be-ka-DESH-bar-NE-a
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-Yehoshua bagilgal {אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּל} situates the encounter at Gilgal.
In context — Joshua 14:6
And the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You have known the word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you at Kadesh Barnea.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 14:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (elyehoshua) 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.14.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.6.W3.S1) and character.