Joshua 15:41:7Josh.15.41.W7TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
vehatsrehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-hats-re-HEN
- Extended
- veh-khats-reh-HEN
- IPA
- /vəħatsreˈhɛn/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-hats-re-HEN
- clause
a-RIM shesh-ES-re ve-hats-re-HEN
- 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 closing phrase vechatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | wə-ḥaṣrêhen} ‘and their villages’ adds the dependent rural settlements associated with the named cities, completing the hierarchy “named towns → total number → attached villages.”
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Tsade–Resh
“enclosure, settlement”
In context — Joshua 15:41
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:41:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:41, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (vehatsrehen) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.41.W7.S1) and character.