Joshua 16:5:7Josh.16.5.W7TAB
נַחֲלָתָם֙
nahalatam
“of their inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-ha-la-TAM
- Extended
- nah-ha-lah-TAAM
- IPA
- /naħalaˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
na-ha-la-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VUL na-ha-la-TAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-ha-la-TAM miz-RA-kha at-ROT a-DAR ad-BEIT kho-RON el-YON
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-VUL be-NEI-ef-RA-yim le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-ha-la-TAM miz-RA-kha at-ROT a-DAR ad-BEIT kho-RON el-YON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə·mi·šə·pḥō·ṯā·m} indicates subdivision by lineage, and the similarly marked nachalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na·ḥa·lā·ṯām} denotes ownership within the covenant allotment.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־ל
“to inherit, receive by allotment”
In context — Joshua 16:5
And the border of the sons of Ephraim, according to their clans , was as follows: The border of their inheritance was eastward from Ataroth Addar to Upper Beth Horon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 16:5, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלָתָם֙ (nahalatam) 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.16.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.5.W7.S1) and character.