Joshua 15:32:8Josh.15.32.W8TAB

וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

vekhatsrehen

and their villages

Transliteration
ve-khats-RE-hen
Extended
veh-khats-REH-hen
IPA
/vəħatsˈreːhɛn/

Meaning by language

English
and their villages

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + חַצְ + רֵי + הֶֽן׃
ve + khats + re + hen
vekhatsrehen

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-khats-RE-hen

  2. clause

    kol-a-RIM es-RIM va-TE-sha ve-khats-RE-hen

  3. sentence

    u-le-va-OT ve-shil-KHIM ve-AI-yin ve-rim-MON kol-a-RIM es-RIM va-TE-sha ve-khats-RE-hen

Exegesis

The noun phrase wə-ḥaṣerêhen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | wə-ḥa-ṣerê-hen} ‘and their villages’ employs the construct combination of chatzer {חָצֵר | ḥā-ṣēr} ‘settlement’ plus the pronominal suffix hen ‘their’. This summary formula is typical of Joshua’s town lists, conveyed in English through listing conjunctions, punctuation, and a summarizing enumeration.

Root and etymology

Rootchet-tsade-resh

enclosure, settlement

In contextJoshua 15:32

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon— all the towns numbered twenty-nine, and their villages .

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 15:32, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (vekhatsrehen) 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.15.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.32.W8.S1) and character.