Joshua 16:3:8Josh.16.3.W8TAB
וְעַד־גָּ֑זֶר
veadgazer
“and to Gezer”
- Transliteration
- ve-AD-GA-zer
- Extended
- veh-AHD-GAH-zehr
- IPA
- /vəʕadˈɡaːzɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Gezer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AD-GA-zer
- clause
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TO tot-se-o-TA-v ya-MAH
Exegesis
The phrase ve-ad-gazer {וְעַד־גָּ֑זֶר | wə-ʿaḏ-gāzer} adds a further endpoint in the same chain.
In context — Joshua 16:3
And it went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletite , as far as the boundary of Lower Beth-horon, and as far as Gezer; and its goings out were seaward.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 16:3, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־גָּ֑זֶר (veadgazer) 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.16.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.3.W8.S1) and character.