Joshua 18:1:10Josh.18.1.W10TAB
נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה
nikhbesha
“was subdued”
- Transliteration
- nikh-be-SHA
- Extended
- nikh-beh-SHAH
- IPA
- /nixbəˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was subdued
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nikh-be-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA lif-NE-hem
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU KOL-a-DAT be-NEI-yis-ra-EL shi-LO va-yash-KI-nu SHAM ET-O-hel mo-ED ve-ha-A-retz nikh-be-SHA lif-NE-hem
Exegesis
Finally, the Niphal perfect nikhbeshah {נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה | nı̄kbešâ} ‘was subdued’ with lifnehem {לִפְנֵיהֶֽם | lıphnēhem} ‘before them’ presents the completed conquest as a finalized reality.
Root and etymology
RootKaf, Bet, Shin
“to subdue”
In context — Joshua 18:1
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting . The land was subdued before them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 18:1, so the Hebrew word נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה (nikhbesha) 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.18.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.1.W10.S1) and character.