Joshua 18:13:17Josh.18.13.W17TAB
לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן
leveitkhoron
“of Lower Beth-horon”
- Transliteration
- le-VEIT-KHO-ron
- Extended
- leh-VEIT-KHOH-ron
- IPA
- /ləveːtˈxoron/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Lower Beth-horon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-VEIT-KHO-ron
- phraseyour reading level
mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron
- clause
ve-ya-RAD hag-GVUL at-ROT a-DAR al-ha-HAR a-SHER mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON
- sentence
ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL ve-ya-RAD hag-GVUL at-ROT a-DAR al-ha-HAR a-SHER mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON
Exegesis
The compound toponym atrotadar {עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר | ʿa-ṯer-ōt ă-dar} ‘Ataroth Addar’ is followed by a relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾă-sher} ‘which,’ leading into the construct minegev beit-choron tachton {מִנֶּ֥גֶב לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן | min ne-gev lə-bēṯ-ḥō-ron taḥ-tōn} ‘from the south of Beth-horon lower.’ English syntax breaks long Hebrew chains for clarity but preserves the sense of official land demarcation and topographical descent.
Root and etymology
consonantsbet–yod–tav
“house, household”
In context — Joshua 18:13
And the boundary crossed over from there to Luz to the slope of Luz southward—it is Bethel—and descended to Ataroth Addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Joshua 18:13, so the Hebrew word לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן (leveitkhoron) 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.18.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.13.W17.S1) and character.