Joshua 17:15:2Josh.17.15.W2TAB
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם
aleihem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-lei-HEM
- Extended
- ah-lei-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔăleˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-lei-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a IM-AM-RAV a-TA a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA SHAM be-E-rets ha-pe-ri-ZI ve-ha-re-fa-IM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a IM-AM-RAV a-TA a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA SHAM be-E-rets ha-pe-ri-ZI ve-ha-re-fa-IM KI-ATs le-KHA har-ef-RA-yim
In context — Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them, “If you are many and if the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you, go up to the forest and clear space there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 17:15, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (aleihem) 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.17.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.15.W2.S1) and character.