Joshua 18:23:3Josh.18.23.W3TAB
וְעָפְרָֽה׃
veofra
“and Ophrah”
- Transliteration
- ve-of-RA
- Extended
- veh-of-RAA
- IPA
- /vəʕofˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ophrah
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-of-RA
- sentence
ve-ha-a-VIM ve-ha-pa-RA ve-of-RA
Exegesis
The final item, wə-ʿāf-rāh {וְעָפְרָה | wə-ʿāf-rāh} ‘and Ophrah,’ lacks the article, yet remains grammatically parallel because the repeated conjunction keeps all three elements on the same syntactic level. In English, the coordination is represented as a simple list, maintaining the initial “And” while using commas for clarity.
Root and etymology
consonantspeh–resh–heh
“heifer”
In context — Joshua 18:23
And Avvim , and Parah , and Ophrah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְעָפְרָֽה׃ (veofra) 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.18.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.23.W3.S1) and character.