Joshua 15:25:4Josh.15.25.W4TAB
חֶצְר֖וֹן
khetsron
“Hezron”
- Transliteration
- khets-RON
- Extended
- khets-ROHN
- IPA
- /χɛtsˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hezron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khets-RON
- 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
Rootchet-tsade-resh
“enclosure”
In context — Joshua 15:25
Hazor-Hadattah and Kerioth-Hezron ; that is Hazor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:25, so the Hebrew word חֶצְר֖וֹן (khetsron) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.25.W4.S1) and character.