Joshua 18:14:12Josh.18.14.W12TAB
וְהָי֣וּ
vehayu
“and they are”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YU
- Extended
- veh-hah-YUU
- IPA
- /vəhaˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they are
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV
- 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
After repeating negbah, the clause vehayu totzotav {וְהָי֣וּ תֹֽצְאֹתָ֗יו | wə-hā-yū tōṣ-ʾō-tā-v} ‘and were its goings-out’ describes the border’s end point, el-kiryat-baal {אֶל־קִרְיַת־בַּ֙עַל֙ | el kir-yāt ba-ʿāl} ‘to Kiriath Baal.’
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 18:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 18:14, so the Hebrew word וְהָי֣וּ (vehayu) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.14.W12.S1) and character.