Joshua 17:13:8Josh.17.13.W8TAB
לָמַ֑
lamas
“to forced labor”
- Transliteration
- la-MAS
- Extended
- lah-MAHS
- IPA
- /laˈmas/
Meaning by language
- English
- to forced labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-MAS
- clause
va-ye-HI KI khaz-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU et-hak-ke-na-a-NI la-MAS
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI khaz-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU et-hak-ke-na-a-NI la-MAS ve-ho-RESH LO ho-ri-SHO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lamas {לָמַ֑ס | lā·mas} ‘for forced labor’ specifies the status imposed.
In context — Joshua 17:13
And it happened, when the sons of Israel grew strong, they subjected the Canaanite to forced labor , but dispossessed him they did not.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 17:13, so the Hebrew word לָמַ֑ (lamas) 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.17.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.13.W8.S1) and character.