Joshua 16:10:13Josh.16.10.W13TAB
לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד׃
lemasoved
“a servant of forced labor”
- Transliteration
- le-MAS-o-VED
- Extended
- leh-MAHS-oh-VEHD
- IPA
- /ləˈmas.ʕoˈveːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- a servant of forced labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
le-MAS-o-VED
- clause
va-YESHEV ha-ke-na-a-NI be-KE-rev ef-ra-YIM ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ye-HI le-MAS-o-VED
- sentence
ve-LO ho-ri-SHU et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-GA-zer va-YESHEV ha-ke-na-a-NI be-KE-rev ef-ra-YIM ad-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ye-HI le-MAS-o-VED
Exegesis
Finally, the clause vayehi le-mas oved {וַיְהִ֖י לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד | way-yə-hî le-mas ‘ô-ḇêḏ} indicates the transformation into a status of tributary labor.
Root and etymology
m-s-smem–samekh–samekh
“forced levy, tribute”
In context — Joshua 16:10
But they did not dispossess the Canaanite who dwelt in Gezer, so the Canaanite has remained among Ephraim until this day and has become a levy of labor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 16:10, so the Hebrew word לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד׃ (lemasoved) 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.16.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.10.W13.S1) and character.