Joshua 15:18:5Josh.15.18.W5TAB
מֵֽאֵת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙
meet aviha
“from her father”
- Transliteration
- me-ET a-vi-HA
- Extended
- meh-EET ah-vee-HAH
- IPA
- /meːˈʔeːt.ʔaˈviːhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from her father
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ET a-vi-HA
- phraseyour reading level
lish-OL me-ET a-vi-HA
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AH va-te-si-TE-hu lish-OL me-ET a-vi-HA sa-DEH va-tits-NAKH me-AL ha-kha-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AH va-te-si-TE-hu lish-OL me-ET a-vi-HA sa-DEH va-tits-NAKH me-AL ha-kha-MOR va-YO-mer-LAH ka-LEV MAH-lakh
Exegesis
The phrase me’et-aviha {מֵאֵת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙ | mē-’êṯ ā-vî-hā} ‘from her father’ uses min + et to mark source.
Root and etymology
א־ב
“father”
In context — Joshua 15:18
And it happened that when she came, she prompted him to ask her father for a field. She dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:18, so the Hebrew word מֵֽאֵת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (meet aviha) 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.15.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.18.W5.S1) and character.