Joshua 14:8:1Josh.14.8.W1TAB
וְאַחַי֙
veakhai
“But my brothers”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAI
- Extended
- veh-a-KHAI
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈxaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- But my brothers
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-KHAI
- clause
ve-a-KHAI a-SHER a-LU im-MI him-SI-u et-LEV ha-AM
- sentence
ve-a-KHAI a-SHER a-LU im-MI him-SI-u et-LEV ha-AM ve-a-no-KHI mil-LE-ti a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The noun phrase veachai {וְאַחַי | wə-ʼaḥay} ‘my brothers’ is qualified by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, which introduces the verb alu {עָלוּ | ʿā-lû} ‘went up’ immi {עִמִּי | ʿim-mî} ‘with me’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥaleph–chet
“brother, kinsman”
In context — Joshua 14:8
But my brothers who went up with me caused the heart of the people to melt, but I wholly followed after the LORD my God .
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 14:8, so the Hebrew word וְאַחַי֙ (veakhai) 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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.8.W1.S1) and character.