Joshua 17:12:5Josh.17.12.W5TAB
לְהוֹרִ֖ישׁ
lehorish
“to dispossess”
- Transliteration
- le-ho-RISH
- Extended
- leh-hoh-REESH
- IPA
- /ləhoˈriːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to dispossess
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
le-ho-RISH
- clause
ve-LO yakh-LU be-NEI me-na-SHEH le-ho-RISH et-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
- sentence
ve-LO yakh-LU be-NEI me-na-SHEH le-ho-RISH et-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh va-yo-EL hak-ke-na-a-NI la-SHE-vet ba-A-retz ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The hiphil infinitive lehorish {לְהוֹרִישׁ | lə·hō·rîš} ‘to dispossess’ introduces the intended action, directly linked to the object et-he’arim {אֶת־הֶעָרִים | ’êṯ·hē·‘ā·rîm} ‘the cities’, with ha’eleh {הָאֵלֶּה | hā·’ê·lleh} ‘these’ specifying which ones.
Root and etymology
y-r-shyod–resh–shin
“to dispossess, remove from possession”
In context — Joshua 17:12
But the sons of Manasseh were not able to dispossess these cities, and the Canaanite resolved to remain in this land.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 17:12, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹרִ֖ישׁ (lehorish) 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.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.12.W5.S1) and character.