Joshua 18:14:1Josh.18.14.W1TAB
וְתָאַ֣ר
vetaar
“and it turns”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-AR
- Extended
- veh-taa-AR
- IPA
- /vətaˈʔar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it turns
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-AR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul ve-na-SAV lif-AT-YAM
- clause
ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul ve-na-SAV lif-AT-YAM NEG-ba min-ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI beit-kho-RON NEG-ba ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV el-kir-YAT-BA-al HI kir-YAT-ye-a-RIM IR be-NEI-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul ve-na-SAV lif-AT-YAM NEG-ba min-ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI beit-kho-RON NEG-ba ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV el-kir-YAT-BA-al HI kir-YAT-ye-a-RIM IR be-NEI-ye-hu-DA ZOT pe-AT-YAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to trace the border’s route: veta’ar {וְתָאַ֣ר | wə-ṯā-ʾăr} ‘and it turned’ and venasav {וְנָסַ֨ב | wə-nās-āv} ‘and it curved’ establish movement.
In context — Joshua 18:14
And the boundary turned and curved along the western side southward from the mountain facing Beth Horon. Its endpoints were at Kiriath Baal (which is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:14, so the Hebrew word וְתָאַ֣ר (vetaar) 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.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.14.W1.S1) and character.