Joshua 17:15:8Josh.17.15.W8TAB
הַיַּ֔עְרָה
hayarah
“to the forest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-RAH
- Extended
- hah-ya-AR-ah
- IPA
- /hajˌjaʕˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the forest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ya-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-LE le-KHA ha-ya-RAH
- 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
Exegesis
This is followed by the imperative ʿălêh {עֲלֵה | ʿălêh} “go up” with ləkkā {לְךָ | ləkkā} “for yourselves” directing them to hayyāʿăh {הַיַּעְרָה | hayyāʿăh} “the forest.”
Root and etymology
Rooty–ʿ–r
“forest”
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 17:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 17:15, so the Hebrew word הַיַּ֔עְרָה (hayarah) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.15.W8.S1) and character.