Joshua 17:3:6Josh.17.3.W6TAB
לֹא־הָ֥יוּ
lohayu
“had not”
- Transliteration
- lo-ha-YU
- Extended
- loh-haa-YOO
- IPA
- /loːhaˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- had not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ha-YU LO
- clause
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
- 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 clause lo-hayu lo banim {לֹא־הָ֥יוּ ל֛וֹ בָּנִ֖ים | lō-hāyû lô bānîm} employs a negated perfect with a plural verb (‘there were not’) to state absence rather than action, and the dative lô {ל֛וֹ | lô} marks the personal lack (“for him”). The exceptive sequence ki …
Root and etymology
consonantsheh–yod–heh
“to be, to become”
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 17:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 17:3, so the Hebrew word לֹא־הָ֥יוּ (lohayu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.3.W6.S1) and character.