Joshua 16:7:6Josh.16.7.W6TAB
בִּֽירִיח֔וֹ
biyirikho
“at Jericho”
- Transliteration
- bi-yi-ri-KHO
- Extended
- bih-yee-ree-KHOH
- IPA
- /bi.jiˈriːxoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at Jericho
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
bi-yi-ri-KHO
- 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’.
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 16:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 16:7, so the Hebrew word בִּֽירִיח֔וֹ (biyirikho) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.7.W6.S1) and character.