Joshua 16:10:2Josh.16.10.W2TAB
הוֹרִ֔ישׁוּ
horishu
“drive out”
- Transliteration
- ho-ri-SHU
- Extended
- hoh-ree-SHOO
- IPA
- /hoˈriːʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- drive out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-ri-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ho-ri-SHU
- clause
ve-LO ho-ri-SHU et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-GA-zer
- 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
The Hiphil perfect horishu {הוֹרִ֔ישׁוּ | hô-rî-šû} linked by the vav consecutive in vayeshev {וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב | way-ye-šeḇ} contrasts intended expulsion with actual settlement.
Root and etymology
y-r-šyod–resh–shin
“to dispossess, inherit”
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 16:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 16:10, so the Hebrew word הוֹרִ֔ישׁוּ (horishu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.10.W2.S1) and character.