Joshua 17:5:9Josh.17.5.W9TAB
מֵעֵ֥בֶר
meever
“from beyond”
- Transliteration
- me-E-ver
- Extended
- meh-EH-vehr
- IPA
- /meˈʕɛvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from beyond
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-E-ver
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-ver la-yar-DEN
- clause
le-VAD me-E-retz hag-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN a-SHER me-E-ver la-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-yip-LU khav-LEI-me-na-SHEH a-sa-RA le-VAD me-E-retz hag-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN a-SHER me-E-ver la-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by ʾă·šer {אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾă·šer} governs the locative phrase mē·‛eḇer la·yar·dên {מֵעֵ֥בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן | mē·‛eḇer la·yar·dên}, specifying the land “beyond the Jordan.”
In context — Joshua 17:5
And ten portions fell to Manasseh, apart the land of Gilead and Bashan that lies beyond the Jordan.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 17:5, so the Hebrew word מֵעֵ֥בֶר (meever) 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.17.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.5.W9.S1) and character.