Joshua 15:39:3Josh.15.39.W3TAB
וְעֶגְלֽוֹן׃
veeglon
“and Eglon”
- Transliteration
- ve-eg-LON
- Extended
- veh-eg-LOHN
- IPA
- /vəʕɛɡˈloːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Eglon
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-eg-LON
- 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
Rootayin gimel lamed
“calf”
In context — Joshua 15:39
Lachish , Bozkath, and Eglon .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:39, so the Hebrew word וְעֶגְלֽוֹן׃ (veeglon) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.39.W3.S1) and character.