Joshua 18:21:9Josh.18.21.W9TAB
וְעֵ֥מֶק
veemek
“and Emek”
- Transliteration
- ve-E-mek
- Extended
- veh-EH-mek
- IPA
- /vəˈʕeːmɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Emek
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ve-E-mek
- phraseyour reading level
ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS
- clause
ye-ri-KHO u-VEIT-khag-LA ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS
- sentence
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM ye-ri-KHO u-VEIT-khag-LA ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS
Exegesis
The list of place names—Yerikho {יְרִיח֥וֹ | ye-rī-ḥō}, u-beit-chaglah {וּבֵית־חָגְלָה | wə-ḇêṯ-ḥā-ḡə-lāh}, ve-emek ketzitz {וְעֵ֥מֶק קְצִֽיץ | wə-ʿê-meq qə-ṭîṣ}—uses the copulative waw to enumerate the allocated sites. The English rendition shifts the construct phrases into natural attributive order and renders the prepositional clauses as relative modifiers to maintain readability while preserving the Hebrew emphasis on tribal and familial inheritance.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-qayin–mem–qof
“valley, depth”
In context — Joshua 18:21
And the cities belonging to the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and Emek Ketziz.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְעֵ֥מֶק (veemek) 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.18.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.21.W9.S1) and character.