Joshua 15:25:3Josh.15.25.W3TAB

וּקְרִיּ֔וֹת

ukeriyot

and Kerioth

Transliteration
u-ke-ri-YOT
Extended
oo-keh-ree-YOHT
IPA
/u.krijˈjoːt/

Meaning by language

English
and Kerioth

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Result
וּ + קְ + רִ + יּ֔וֹת
u + ke + ri + yot
ukeriyot

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-ke-ri-YOT

  2. sentence

    ve-kha-TSOR kha-da-TA u-ke-ri-YOT khets-RON HI kha-TSOR

Exegesis

The compound qeriyyot chetzron {קְרִיּ֔וֹת חֶצְר֖וֹן | qərî-yōt ḥe-ṣrôn} ‘Kerioth-Hezron’ appears without a coordinating conjunction, indicating a tight construct pairing.

Root and etymology

Rootqof–resh–yod

calling, hence town, village

In contextJoshua 15:25

Hazor-Hadattah and Kerioth-Hezron ; that is Hazor .

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:25, so the Hebrew word וּקְרִיּ֔וֹת (ukeriyot) 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.15.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.25.W3.S1) and character.