Joshua 16:7:5Josh.16.7.W5TAB
וּפָגַע֙
upaga
“and it touched”
- Transliteration
- u-pa-GA
- Extended
- oo-paa-GAH
- IPA
- /uː.faˈɡaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it touched
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
u-pa-GA
- clause
u-pa-GA bi-yi-ri-KHO ve-ya-TSA ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD mi-ya-NO-kha a-ta-ROT ve-na-a-ra-TAH u-pa-GA bi-yi-ri-KHO ve-ya-TSA ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The next vav-consecutive verb ufaga {וּפָגַע | û-pā-ḡaʿ} ‘and it touched’ links to the locative biyericho {בִּירִיחוֹ | bi-rî-ḥō} ‘at Jericho’.
Root and etymology
p-g-ʿpe–gimel–ayin
“to meet, touch”
In context — Joshua 16:7
It descended from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touched Jericho , and went out at the Jordan .
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 16:7, so the Hebrew word וּפָגַע֙ (upaga) 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.16.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.7.W5.S1) and character.