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

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Result
לָ + מַ֑
la + mas
lamas

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-MAS

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI KI khaz-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU et-hak-ke-na-a-NI la-MAS

  3. 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 contextJoshua 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.