Joshua 16:1:4Josh.16.1.W4TAB
יוֹסֵף֙
yosef
“Joseph”
- Transliteration
- yo-SEF
- Extended
- yoh-SEF
- IPA
- /joˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- Joseph
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NEI yo-SEF
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL liv-NEI yo-SEF mi-yar-DEN ye-ri-CHO le-MEI ye-ri-CHO miz-ra-KHAH ham-mid-BAR o-LEH mi-ye-ri-CHO ba-HAR beit-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase li-vnei Yosef {לִבְנֵ֤י יוֹסֵף | li·vnē Yō·sēp̄} marks the recipients.
Root and etymology
y-s-pyod–samekh–pe
“he adds, increases”
In context — Joshua 16:1
And the lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill country to Bethel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 16:1, so the Hebrew word יוֹסֵף֙ (yosef) 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.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.1.W4.S1) and character.