Joshua 16:2:3Josh.16.2.W3TAB
ל֑וּזָה
luzah
“to Luz”
- Transliteration
- lu-ZAH
- Extended
- loo-ZAH
- IPA
- /luˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Luz
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lu-ZAH
- clause
ve-ya-TSA mi-BEIT-EL lu-ZAH
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA mi-BEIT-EL lu-ZAH ve-a-VAR el-ge-VUL ha-ar-KI a-ta-ROT
Exegesis
The phrase mibbeit-el {מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל | mi-bêt-ʾēl} sets the starting point with a prepositional phrase, and luzah {ל֑וּזָה | lū-zāh} includes the directional he locale, signaling movement “toward Luz” rather than merely identifying the town.
In context — Joshua 16:2
And it went out from Bethel to Luz, and it passed over to the border of the Archite , Ataroth.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 16:2, so the Hebrew word ל֑וּזָה (luzah) 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.16.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.2.W3.S1) and character.