Joshua 15:6:3Josh.15.6.W3TAB
בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה
beit khagla
“to Beth-hoglah”
- Transliteration
- BEIT khag-LA
- Extended
- BEET khahg-LAA
- IPA
- /beːt xaɣˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Beth-hoglah
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BEIT khag-LA
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-GE-vul BEIT khag-LA ve-a-VAR mitst-PHON le-VEIT ha-a-ra-VA
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-GE-vul BEIT khag-LA ve-a-VAR mitst-PHON le-VEIT ha-a-ra-VA ve-a-LA hag-GEV-ul E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN
Exegesis
The construct chain beit ḥoglah {בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה | bēt ḥāgəlâh} ‘house of Hoglah’ parallels le-beit ha-ʿaravah {לְבֵ֣ית הָעֲרָבָ֑ה | lə-bēt ha-‘āravâh} ‘to the house of the Arabah,’ while the prepositional phrase miṣpôn {מִצְּפ֖וֹן | miṣpôn} ‘north’ establishes direction.
Root and etymology
RootBet, Yod, Tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Joshua 15:6
And the boundary ascended to Beth-Hoglah and traversed from the north to Beth-ha-Arabah; then the boundary ascended to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:6, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה (beit khagla) 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.15.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.6.W3.S1) and character.