Joshua 15:41:1Josh.15.41.W1TAB
וּגְדֵר֕וֹת
ugederot
“and Gederoth”
- Transliteration
- u-ge-DE-rot
- Extended
- oo-geh-deh-ROHT
- IPA
- /uɡɛdɛˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Gederoth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-ge-DE-rot
- clause
u-ge-DE-rot BEIT-da-GON ve-na-a-MA u-ma-ke-DA
- sentence
u-ge-DE-rot BEIT-da-GON ve-na-a-MA u-ma-ke-DA a-RIM shesh-ES-re ve-hats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The verse is a continuation of a territorial catalog, using a paratactic list of place names linked by vav-conjunctions (ugederot {וּגְדֵר֕וֹת | ū-gəḏērōṯ} ‘and Gederoth’, venaamah {וְנַעֲמָ֖ה | wə-naʿămāh} ‘and Naamah’, umakkedah {וּמַקֵּדָ֑ה | ū-maqqēdāh} ‘and Makkedah’).
Root and etymology
consonantsGimel–Dalet–Resh
“to wall in, enclose”
In context — Joshua 15:41
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:41, so the Hebrew word וּגְדֵר֕וֹת (ugederot) 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.15.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.41.W1.S1) and character.