Joshua 18:16:7Josh.18.16.W7TAB
גֵּ֣י בֶן־הִנֹּ֔ם
gei benhinnom
“the valley of the son of Hinnom”
- Transliteration
- GEI ben-hin-NOM
- Extended
- GEI behn-hin-NOHM
- IPA
- /ˈɡej ben.hinˈnom/
Meaning by language
- English
- the valley of the son of Hinnom
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
GEI ben-hin-NOM
- clause
ve-ya-RAD hag-GVU-l el-ket-TSEH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI GEI ben-hin-NOM a-SHER be-EH-mek re-fa-IM tsa-fo-NAH
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD hag-GVU-l el-ket-TSEH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI GEI ben-hin-NOM a-SHER be-EH-mek re-fa-IM tsa-fo-NAH ve-ya-RAD GEI hin-NOM el-ke-TEF hai-ve-su-I NEG-ba ve-ya-RAD EIN ro-GEL
Exegesis
The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer} ‘which’ clauses attach to hahar {הָהָר | hā-hār} and gei-ben-hinnom {גֵּי־בֶן־הִנֹּם | gē-ben-hi-nōm} ‘Valley of Ben Hinnom,’ providing locative modification.
Root and etymology
g-y
“valley”
In context — Joshua 18:16
And the boundary went down to the edge of the hill overlooking the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which lies in the Valley of Rephaim to the north; then it went down the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite to the south, and it went down to En Rogel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 18:16, so the Hebrew word גֵּ֣י בֶן־הִנֹּ֔ם (gei benhinnom) 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.18.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.16.W7.S1) and character.