Joshua 16:3:9Josh.16.3.W9TAB
וְהָי֥וּ
vehayu
“and it ended”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-hah-YUU
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it ended
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TO tot-se-o-TA-v
- clause
ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TO tot-se-o-TA-v ya-MAH
- 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 closing clause vehayu {וְהָי֥וּ | wə-hāyû} introduces a resultant summary: the expressions tetsato {תצאתו | təṣāʾtô} and totse'otav {תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו | tōṣəʾōṯāw} function appositionally as termination language for allotment borders (“its outgoing point(s)”), and the final yammah {יָֽמָּה | yām·māh} specifies that these endpoints face the sea.
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 16:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 16:3, so the Hebrew word וְהָי֥וּ (vehayu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.3.W9.S1) and character.