Joshua 15:14:4Josh.15.14.W4TAB
אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה
etshlosha
“the three”
- Transliteration
- ET-shlo-SHA
- Extended
- EET-shloh-SHAH
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.ʃloˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the three
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-shlo-SHA
- clause
va-yo-RESH mi-SHAM ka-LEV ET-shlo-SHA be-NEI ha-a-NAK
- sentence
va-yo-RESH mi-SHAM ka-LEV ET-shlo-SHA be-NEI ha-a-NAK ET-she-SHAI ve-ET-a-KHI-man ve-ET-tal-MAI ye-li-DEI ha-a-NAK
Exegesis
The direct object is introduced by et-sheloshah {אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה | ʾet-šə-lō-šāh}, where the direct object marker is bound by maqqef to the numeral, marking the following group as the affected object.
In context — Joshua 15:14
And from there Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak—Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai—descendants of Anak.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה (etshlosha) 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.15.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.14.W4.S1) and character.