Joshua 17:3:12Josh.17.3.W12TAB
שְׁמ֣וֹת
shemot
“are the names”
- Transliteration
- she-MOT
- Extended
- sheh-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- are the names
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
she-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
she-MOT be-no-TAV
- clause
ve-E-leh she-MOT be-no-TAV makh-LAH ve-no-AH khag-LAH mil-KAH ve-tir-TSAH
- sentence
ve-lits-laf-KHAD ben-KHE-fer ben-gil-AD ben-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH lo-ha-YU LO ba-NIM KI im-ba-NOT ve-E-leh she-MOT be-no-TAV makh-LAH ve-no-AH khag-LAH mil-KAH ve-tir-TSAH
Exegesis
The formula ve-eleh shemot {וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת | wə-ʾēlleh šēmôṯ} signals an official enumeration, followed by a coordinated list of five names, with vav-conjunctions framing the series (ve-noah …
In context — Joshua 17:3
As for Zelophehad , son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, there were no sons for him, but only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 17:3, so the Hebrew word שְׁמ֣וֹת (shemot) 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.17.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.3.W12.S1) and character.