Joshua 18:10:8Josh.18.10.W8TAB
וַיְחַלֶּק־שָׁ֨ם
vayakhaleksham
“and apportioned there”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-ya-khal-LEK-SHAHM
- IPA
- /vajχalˈlek.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and apportioned there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM ye-ho-SHU-a et-ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM ye-ho-SHU-a et-ha-A-retz liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-makh-lek-TAM
- sentence
va-yash-LEKH la-HEM ye-ho-SHU-a go-RAL be-shi-LO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-KHA-lek-SHAM ye-ho-SHU-a et-ha-A-retz liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-makh-lek-TAM
Exegesis
The maqqef in vayechallek-sham {וַיְחַלֵּק־שָׁם | wā-ḥal-lēq-šām} binds “apportioned there” into one unit.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qḥ-l-q
“to divide”
In context — Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast the lot for them at Shiloh before the LORD , and there Joshua apportioned the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְחַלֶּק־שָׁ֨ם (vayakhaleksham) 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.18.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.10.W8.S1) and character.