Joshua 15:17:4Josh.15.17.W4TAB
אֲחִ֣י
akhi
“the brother of”
- Transliteration
- a-KHI
- Extended
- ah-KHEE
- IPA
- /ʔaˈxiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the brother of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHI ka-LEV
- clause
va-yil-ke-DAH at-ni-EL ben-ke-NAZ a-KHI ka-LEV
- sentence
va-yil-ke-DAH at-ni-EL ben-ke-NAZ a-KHI ka-LEV va-yi-TEN-LO et-akh-SA bit-TO le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The noun phrases Othniel ben-Kenaz {עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־קְנַ֖ז | ʿōṯ-ni-yḗl ben-qě-nāz} ‘Othniel son of Kenaz’ and akhi Kalev {אֲחִ֣י כָלֵ֑ב | a-ḥî kā-lēḇ} ‘brother of Caleb’ form an appositional construct chain marking kinship.
In context — Joshua 15:17
And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Aksah his daughter as wife .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:17, so the Hebrew word אֲחִ֣י (akhi) 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.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.17.W4.S1) and character.