Joshua 15:10:1Josh.15.10.W1TAB
וְנָסַב֩
venasav
“and the border turned”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-SAV
- Extended
- veh-na-SAAV
- IPA
- /vənɑˈsav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the border turned
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-SAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH
- clause
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH el-har se-IR ve-a-VAR el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM mit-sa-fo-NAH HI ke-sa-LON
- sentence
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH el-har se-IR ve-a-VAR el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM mit-sa-fo-NAH HI ke-sa-LON ve-ya-RAD BEIT-SHE-mesh ve-a-VAR tim-NAH
Exegesis
The verse employs vav-consecutive verbs to structure a geographical itinerary: venasav {וְנָסַב֩ | wə-nā-śāv} ‘and turned’, veavar {וְעָבַ֕ר | wə-‘ă-var} ‘and passed over’, veyarad {וְיָרַ֥ד | wə-yā-raḏ} ‘and went down’, guiding the border’s trajectory.
Root and etymology
n-s-bnun–samekh–bet
“to turn aside”
In context — Joshua 15:10
And the border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed over to the slope of Mount Jearim, which is Kesalon, and went down to Beth Shemesh and crossed over to Timnah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:10, so the Hebrew word וְנָסַב֩ (venasav) 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.15.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.10.W1.S1) and character.