Joshua 17:16:11Josh.17.16.W11TAB
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵ֔מֶק
beeretzhaemek
“in the land of the valley”
- Transliteration
- be-E-retz-ha-E-mek
- Extended
- beh-EH-retz-hah-EH-mek
- IPA
- /bəʔɛrɛts.haˈʕeːmɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land of the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
be-E-retz-ha-E-mek
- phraseyour reading level
ha-yo-SHEV be-E-retz-ha-E-mek
- clause
ve-RE-khev bar-ZEL be-KHOL-hak-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-E-retz-ha-E-mek la-a-SHER be-VEIT-she-AN uv-no-TE-ha ve-la-a-SHER be-E-mek yiz-re-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MRU be-NEI yo-SEF lo-yi-ma-TSE la-NU ha-HAR ve-RE-khev bar-ZEL be-KHOL-hak-ke-na-a-NI ha-yo-SHEV be-E-retz-ha-E-mek la-a-SHER be-VEIT-she-AN uv-no-TE-ha ve-la-a-SHER be-E-mek yiz-re-EL
Exegesis
The construct chain bə’ereṣ-hā’ēmēq {בְּאֶרֶץ־הָעֵמֶק | bə’ereṣ-hā’ēmēq} introduces the geographic domain “in the land of the valley,” followed by the distributive relative clauses la’ašer bəbêṯ-Šə’ōn ū-vənōṯehā wə-la’ašer bə-’ēmēq Yizra‘ēl {לַאֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית-שְׁאָן וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְלַאֲשֶׁר בְּעֵמֶק יִזְרְעֶאל | la’ašer bəbêṯ-Šə’ōn ū-vənōṯehā wə-la’ašer bə-’ēmēq Yizra‘ēl} enumerating Beth-Shan with its towns and the Valley of Jezreel. The repetition of la’ašer emphasizes the distributed scope. The English rendition maintains the Hebrew word order, vav-consecutive narrative flow, and geographic contrasts.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־קʿ-m-q
“valley, lowland”
In context — Joshua 17:16
The sons of Joseph said, “The hill-country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron—even those in Beth-Shan and its towns, and those in the valley of Jezreel.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 17:16, so the Hebrew word בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵ֔מֶק (beeretzhaemek) 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.17.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.16.W11.S1) and character.