Joshua 15:39:2Josh.15.39.W2TAB
וּבָצְקַ֖ת
uvatskat
“and Bozkath”
- Transliteration
- u-vats-KAT
- Extended
- oo-vats-KAHT
- IPA
- /uvatsˈqat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Bozkath
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-vats-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
la-KISH u-vats-KAT
- sentence
la-KISH u-vats-KAT ve-eg-LON
Exegesis
Each element functions as an independent geographic marker: Lakhish {לָכִ֥ישׁ | lā·ḵîš} ‘Lachish’, û {וּ | û} ‘and’, Bosqat {בָצְקַ֖ת | bā·ṣə·qaṯ} ‘Bozkath’, ve {וְ | wə} ‘and’, ʿEglōn {עֶגְלֽוֹן | ʿe·gəl·ōn} ‘Eglon’. English replicates the sequence with commas and “and” to preserve the Hebrew enumeration.
Root and etymology
Rootbet tsadi qoph tav
“lump”
In context — Joshua 15:39
Lachish , Bozkath, and Eglon .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 15:39, so the Hebrew word וּבָצְקַ֖ת (uvatskat) 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.15.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.39.W2.S1) and character.