Joshua 17:11:2Josh.17.11.W2TAB
לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה
limenasheh
“for Manasseh”
- Transliteration
- li-men-a-SHEH
- Extended
- lih-me-na-SHEH
- IPA
- /limnaˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Manasseh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
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li-men-a-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI li-men-a-SHEH
- clause
va-ye-HI li-men-a-SHEH be-yis-sa-KHAR u-ve-a-SHER BEIT-sha-AN u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yiv-le-AM u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-ET-yosh-VEI DO-ar u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI EIN-DOR u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI ta-a-NAKH u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI me-gi-DO u-ve-no-TE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-men-a-SHEH be-yis-sa-KHAR u-ve-a-SHER BEIT-sha-AN u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yiv-le-AM u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-ET-yosh-VEI DO-ar u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI EIN-DOR u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI ta-a-NAKH u-ve-no-TE-ha ve-yosh-VEI me-gi-DO u-ve-no-TE-ha she-LO-shet ha-NA-fet
Exegesis
The prepositional expression limnasheh {לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה | li·mə·naš·šé} ‘to Manasseh’ marks tribal possession, followed by parallel locative phrases beyissakhar {בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣ר | bə·yi·ssā·šə·khar} ‘in Issachar’ and uveasher {וּבְאָשֵׁ֗ר | ū·ḇə·ʾā·šēr} ‘and in Asher’.
Root and etymology
נ־שׁ־ה
“to cause to forget”
In context — Joshua 17:11
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth Shean and its towns , Yibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of En-Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns—these are the three regions of Naphath.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 17:11, so the Hebrew word לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה (limenasheh) 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.17.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.11.W2.S1) and character.