Joshua 15:46:4Josh.15.46.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַ֥ד
asheralyad
“that are by the side of”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-al-YAD
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-ahl-YAHD
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.ʕal.jad/
Meaning by language
- English
- that are by the side of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-al-YAD
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-al-YAD ash-DOD
- clause
KOL a-SHER-al-YAD ash-DOD ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
me-ek-RON va-ya-MAH KOL a-SHER-al-YAD ash-DOD ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The quantitative noun kol {כֹּל | kôl} ‘all’ is then specified by a relative clause introduced by asher-al {אֲשֶׁר־עַל | ʾă-šer-ʿal} ‘that which is upon’, modifying yad {יַד | yad} ‘side’ as a geographical boundary marker adjoining Ashdod {אַשְׁדּוֹד | ʾaš-dôd}.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Dalet
“hand, side, border”
In context — Joshua 15:46
From Ekron and westward , all that is along the side of Ashdod and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:46, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עַל־יַ֥ד (asheralyad) 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.15.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.46.W4.S1) and character.