Joshua 17:1:7Josh.17.1.W7TAB

יוֹסֵ֑ף

yosef

of Joseph

Transliteration
yo-SEF
Extended
yoh-SEF
IPA
/joˈseːf/

Meaning by language

English
of Joseph

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Result
יוֹ + סֵ֑ף
yo + sef
yosef

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Samekhs as in sit
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    yo-SEF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-KHOR yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH ki-HU be-KHOR yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH ki-HU be-KHOR yo-SEF le-ma-KHIR be-KHOR me-na-SHEH a-VI ha-gil-AD KI HU ha-YA ISH mil-kha-MA va-ye-HI-LO ha-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN

Exegesis

The conjunction kihu {כִּי־הוּא | kî·hûˀ} ‘because he’ introduces the causal clause connecting entitlement to the primogeniture term bekhor yoseph {בְּכֹור יוֹסֵף | bə·ḵôr yō·sēph} ‘firstborn of Joseph’.

Root and etymology

י־ס־ף

to add, increase

In contextJoshua 17:1

Now the lot fell to the tribe of Manasseh because he was the firstborn of Joseph; and to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh and father of Gilead—because he was a man of war—Gilead and Bashan were allotted.

About this coordinate

Joshua 17:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 17:1, so the Hebrew word יוֹסֵ֑ף (yosef) 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.17.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.1.W7.S1) and character.