Joshua 17:18:4Josh.17.18.W4TAB
כִּֽי־יַ֣עַר
kiyaar
“for though it is forest”
- Transliteration
- KI-YA-ar
- Extended
- KEE-YA-ar
- IPA
- /kiːˈjaʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- for though it is forest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-YA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
KI-YA-ar HU u-ve-RE-to
- clause
KI HAR yih-YE-lek KI-YA-ar HU u-ve-RE-to ve-ha-YA le-KHA tots-e-o-TAV
- sentence
KI HAR yih-YE-lek KI-YA-ar HU u-ve-RE-to ve-ha-YA le-KHA tots-e-o-TAV KI-to-RISH ET-hak-ke-na-a-NI KI RE-khev bar-ZEL LO KI kha-ZAK HU
Exegesis
The compound conjunction ki-ya‘ar {כִּֽי־יַעַר | kî-ya‘ar} links an explanatory description of the land’s forested nature.
Root and etymology
י־ע־ר
“forest, woodland”
In context — Joshua 17:18
The hill country shall be yours, for it is a forest ; clear it, and its outgoings shall be yours. You shall dispossess the Canaanite , though he has chariots of iron, though he is strong.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 17:18, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יַ֣עַר (kiyaar) 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.17.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.18.W4.S1) and character.