Joshua 17:15:9Josh.17.15.W9TAB
וּבֵרֵאתָ֤
uvereta
“and clear it”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-RE-ta
- Extended
- oo-veh-REH-tah
- IPA
- /uvɛreˈʔaːta/
Meaning by language
- English
- and clear it
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
u-ve-RE-ta
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-RE-ta le-KHA
- 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
The verb ūbērēʾtā {וּבֵרֵאתָ | ūbērēʾtā} “and you shall clear” governs the locative šām {שָׁם | šām} “there” in the land of the happrîzzi {הַפְּרִזִּי | happrîzzi} “Perizzites” and the Rephaim.
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 17:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 17:15, so the Hebrew word וּבֵרֵאתָ֤ (uvereta) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.15.W9.S1) and character.