Joshua 16:9:2Josh.16.9.W2TAB

הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת֙

hamivdalot

that were set apart

Transliteration
ha-miv-da-LOT
Extended
hah-miv-daa-LOHT
IPA
/hamivdaˈlot/

Meaning by language

English
that were set apart

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מִּבְ + דָּ + לוֹת֙
ha + miv + da + lot
hamivdalot

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-miv-da-LOT

  2. clause

    ve-he-a-REEM ha-miv-da-LOT liv-NEI ef-RA-yim be-TOKH na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH

  3. sentence

    ve-he-a-REEM ha-miv-da-LOT liv-NEI ef-RA-yim be-TOKH na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH kol-he-a-REEM ve-khats-re-HEN

Exegesis

The participial form hamivdalot {הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת | ham-mib-dā-lôṯ} ‘those being separated’ indicates passive allocation.

Root and etymology

Rootbet–dalet–lamed

to separate, set apart

In contextJoshua 16:9

And the cities that were set apart for the sons of Ephraim lay in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh; all the cities and their villages .

About this coordinate

Joshua 16:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 16:9, so the Hebrew word הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת֙ (hamivdalot) 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.16.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.9.W2.S1) and character.