Joshua 17:1:9Josh.17.1.W9TAB
בְּכ֨וֹר
bekhor
“the firstborn”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOR
- Extended
- beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /bəˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-KHIR be-KHOR me-na-SHEH
- clause
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
- 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
b-kh-rbet–kaph–resh
“firstborn”
In context — Joshua 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 17:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 17:1, so the Hebrew word בְּכ֨וֹר (bekhor) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.1.W9.S1) and character.