Joshua 16:9:6Josh.16.9.W6TAB
נַחֲלַ֣ת
nakhalat
“the inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-kha-LAT
- Extended
- nah-kha-LAHT
- IPA
- /naħaˈlat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-kha-LAT
- phraseyour reading level
na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH
- clause
ve-he-a-REEM ha-miv-da-LOT liv-NEI ef-RA-yim be-TOKH na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH
- 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 spatial phrase betokh {בְּתוֹךְ | bə-tōḵ} ‘in the midst of’ links to the construct nachalat bnei-menashsheh {נַחֲלַת בְּנֵי־מְנַשֶּׁה | na-ḥă-lat bə-nê men-aš-še} ‘inheritance of the sons of Manasseh’, situating these towns within tribal boundaries.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־ל
“to inherit, receive by allotment”
In context — Joshua 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 16:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 16:9, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלַ֣ת (nakhalat) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.9.W6.S1) and character.