Joshua 15:28:1Josh.15.28.W1TAB
וַחֲצַ֥ר
vakhatsar
“and Hazar”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-TSAR
- Extended
- vah-kha-TSAHR
- IPA
- /vaħaˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Hazar
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-TSAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-TSAR shoo-AL
- sentence
va-kha-TSAR shoo-AL u-ve-ER she-VA u-viz-yo-te-YA
Exegesis
The first generic vachatser {וַחֲצַ֥ר | vaḥaṣaṭer} ‘settlement’ and the third uve'er {וּבְאֵ֥ר | uḇeʾēr} ‘well’ introduce the specific names shu'al {שׁוּעָ֛ל | šūʿāl} ‘Shual’ and šeḇaʿ {שֶׁ֖בַע | šeḇaʿ} ‘Sheba’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-rḥet–ṣade–resh
“enclosure”
In context — Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual , Beersheba , and Biziothiah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:28, so the Hebrew word וַחֲצַ֥ר (vakhatsar) 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.15.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.28.W1.S1) and character.