Joshua 18:22:1Josh.18.22.W1TAB
וּבֵ֧ית הֽ͏ָעֲרָבָ֛ה
uveit haaravah
“and Beth-arabah”
- Transliteration
- u-VEIT ha-a-ra-VAH
- Extended
- oo-VEYT hah-ah-a-rah-VAH
- IPA
- /uːˈveːt haʕaʁaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Beth-arabah
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VEIT ha-a-ra-VAH
- sentence
u-VEIT ha-a-ra-VAH u-tse-ma-RA-yim u-VEIT-EL
Exegesis
The construct noun beit {בֵית | bēṯ} ‘house’ links to ha'aravah {הָֽעֲרָבָה | ʿă-rā-vāh} ‘wilderness plain’ and el {אֵל | ʾēl} ‘God’ to form the place names Beit-Arabah and Beit-El, respectively.
Root and etymology
b-y-tbet–yod–tav
“house, dwelling”
In context — Joshua 18:22
Beth Arabah , Zemaraim, and Bethel
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:22, so the Hebrew word וּבֵ֧ית הֽ͏ָעֲרָבָ֛ה (uveit haaravah) 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.18.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.22.W1.S1) and character.