Joshua 15:11:12Josh.15.11.W12TAB

יַבְנְאֵ֑ל

yavneel

“to Jabneel”

Transliteration: yav-ne-EL
Extended: yahv-neh-EEL
IPA: /javnəˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English: to Jabneel

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Result

יַבְ + נְ + אֵ֑ל

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yav + ne + el

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yavneel

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Lamed	l as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

word
yav-ne-EL
phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL
clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL
sentence
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL ve-ha-YU tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul ya-MA

Exegesis

Subsequent clauses use veta’ar {וְתָאַר | wə-ṭā-ʾar} ‘and it turned’, ve’avar {וְעָבַר | wə-‘ā-var} ‘and it passed’, and veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ linked to the place names Shikkronah {שִׁכְּרוֹנָה | ši-kə-rō-nāh}, har-ha-ba’alah {הַר־הַבַּעֲלָה | har-hă-ʾă-lāh}, and Yavne’el {יַבְנְאֵל | yab-nē-ʾēl}.

In context — Joshua 15:11

And the border went out to the slope of Ekron northward, then turned to Shikkeron, passed over Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border were at the sea.

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 15:11, so the Hebrew word יַבְנְאֵ֑ל (yavneel) 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.15.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.11.W12.S1) and character.

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