Joshua 17:4:20Josh.17.4.W20TAB
אֶל־פִּ֤י
elpi
“according to the mouth of”
- Transliteration
- el-PI
- Extended
- el-PEE
- IPA
- /laˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the mouth of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
el-PI
- phraseyour reading level
el-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-TEN la-HEM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI a-vi-HEN
- sentence
va-tik-RAV-nah lif-NEI el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-lif-NEI ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-lif-NEI han-se-i-IM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VAH et-MO-sheh la-TET-la-NU na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI-nu va-yi-TEN la-HEM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH na-cha-LAH be-TOKH a-KHEI a-vi-HEN
Exegesis
The idiom el-pi YHWH {אֶל־פִּי יְהוָה | ʾel-pî yə-hō-wāh} “according to the mouth of the LORD” conveys divine authority. The repetition and parallelism underscore the legal and communal emphasis of the text.
In context — Joshua 17:4
And they came before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to allot us an inheritance among our brothers.” So he gave them an inheritance according to the mouth of the LORD, among the brothers of their father.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Joshua 17:4, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פִּ֤י (elpi) 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.17.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.4.W20.S1) and character.