Joshua 15:36:7Josh.15.36.W7TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
vekhatserehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-khat-se-RE-hen
- Extended
- veh-khat-seh-REH-hen
- IPA
- /vəħatsreˈhen/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their villages
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khat-se-RE-hen
- clause
a-REEM ar-BA-es-REH ve-khat-se-RE-hen
- sentence
ve-sha-a-ra-YIM va-a-di-ta-YIM ve-hag-de-RAH u-ge-de-ro-ta-YIM a-REEM ar-BA-es-REH ve-khat-se-RE-hen
Exegesis
The final term vechatsreyhen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | wə-ḥaṣ-rê-hen} ‘and their villages’ uses a construct plural with a feminine plural suffix, indicating dependent settlements belonging to the towns just named; this tightens the discourse by moving from named centers to their associated satellite communities.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Tsade–Resh
“enclosure, village”
In context — Joshua 15:36
Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen towns and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:36, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (vekhatserehen) 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.15.36.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.36.W7.S1) and character.