Joshua 15:35:4Josh.15.35.W4TAB
וַעֲזֵקָֽה׃
vaazeka
“and Azekah”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ze-KA
- Extended
- vah-ah-ze-KAA
- IPA
- /vaʕăzeˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Azekah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-ze-KA
- sentence
yar-MUT va-a-du-LAM so-KHO va-a-ze-KA
Exegesis
The verse is a paratactic list of proper nouns: yarmut {יַרְמוּת | yarmûṯ} ‘Jarmuth’, ʿaḏullam {עֲדֻלָּם | ʿaḏullam} ‘Adullam’, soqōh {שׂוֹכֹה | soqōh} ‘Socoh’, and ʿazēqah {עֲזֵקָה | ʿazēqah} ‘Azekah’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-qayin–zayin–qof
“fortress”
In context — Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth , and Adullam, Socoh , and Azekah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:35, so the Hebrew word וַעֲזֵקָֽה׃ (vaazeka) 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.15.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.35.W4.S1) and character.