Joshua 18:2:5Josh.18.2.W5TAB

לֹֽא־חָלְק֖וּ

lokhalku

had not apportioned

Transliteration
lo-KHAL-ku
Extended
LOH-khal-KOO
IPA
/loˈχalˌkuː/

Meaning by language

English
had not apportioned

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹֽא + חָלְ + ק֖וּ
lo + khal + ku
lokhalku

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-KHAL-ku

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER lo-KHAL-ku

  3. clause

    va-yi-va-T'RU biv-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-KHAL-ku et-na-cha-la-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-yi-va-T'RU biv-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-KHAL-ku et-na-cha-la-TAM shiv-AH shva-TIM

Exegesis

A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘who’ qualifies these tribes, with the negated perfect lo-chalku {לֹא־חָלְקוּ | lō-ḥāl·qū} ‘had not divided’ indicating an action left incomplete.

Root and etymology

consonantsChet–Lamed–Qof

share, allotment

In contextJoshua 18:2

And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance .

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 18:2, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־חָלְק֖וּ (lokhalku) 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.18.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.2.W5.S1) and character.