Joshua 17:8:1Josh.17.8.W1TAB
לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה
limenasheh
“to Manasseh”
- Transliteration
- li-me-na-SHEH
- Extended
- lih-meh-nash-SHEH
- IPA
- /limnaˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Manasseh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
li-me-na-SHEH
- clause
li-me-na-SHEH hai-TAH E-retz ta-PU-akh
- sentence
li-me-na-SHEH hai-TAH E-retz ta-PU-akh ve-ta-PU-akh el-ge-VUL me-na-SHEH liv-NEI ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase limnasheh {לִמְנַשֶּׁה | lî-menash-sheh} ‘to Manasseh’ introduces an ownership context, followed by the verb hayetah {הָיְתָה | hā-yə-ṯāh} ‘was’ which assigns eretz tappuach {אֶרֶץ תַּפּוּחַ | ʾĕ-reṣ ṭappû-ăḥ} as the possessed subject.
Root and etymology
נ־שׁ־ה
“to cause to forget”
In context — Joshua 17:8
The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on the border of Manasseh went to the sons of Ephraim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 17:8, so the Hebrew word לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה (limenasheh) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.8.W1.S1) and character.