Joshua 15:43:1Josh.15.43.W1TAB
וְיִפְתָּ֥ח
veyiftakh
“and Iphtah”
- Transliteration
- ve-yif-TAKH
- Extended
- veh-yif-TAKH
- IPA
- /vəjifˈtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Iphtah
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yif-TAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yif-TAKH ve-ash-NAH
- sentence
ve-yif-TAKH ve-ash-NAH u-ne-TSIV
Exegesis
Each item is introduced with a prefixed vav, creating a rhythmic enumeration: ve- {וְ | wə} ‘and’ attached to Yiftaḥ {יִפְתָּח | yip̄ṭāḥ} and ʾAšnah {אַשְׁנָה | ʾašnāh}, and the phonological variant u- {וּ | ū} ‘and’ attached to Nəṣiv {נְצִיב | nəṣîḇ}. The repeated conjunction marks each name as a distinct entry rather than treating the final name as merely appended. English can either keep the repeated “and” to mirror the Hebrew chaining (formal), or use commas while still retaining the initial “and” to preserve the list-like cadence (dynamic).
Root and etymology
consonantspe–tav–chet
“to open”
In context — Joshua 15:43
And Iphtah , and Ashnah , and Nezib.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:43:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:43, so the Hebrew word וְיִפְתָּ֥ח (veyiftakh) 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.15.43.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.43.W1.S1) and character.