Joshua 18:24:1Josh.18.24.W1TAB
וּכְפַ֧ר
ukhfar
“and Chephar”
- Transliteration
- ukh-FAR
- Extended
- ukh-FAHR
- IPA
- /uxˈfar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Chephar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ukh-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
ukh-FAR ha-am-ma-NI ha-am-mo-NAH
- clause
ukh-FAR ha-am-ma-NI ha-am-mo-NAH ve-ha-OF-ni va-ga-VA
- sentence
ukh-FAR ha-am-ma-NI ha-am-mo-NAH ve-ha-OF-ni va-ga-VA a-RIM shteim-ES-reh ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The phrase u-kefar ha-ammoni {וּכְפַ֧ר הָעַמֹּנִי | ū-kə-p̄ar hā-ʿammōnî} functions as a single toponym despite its literal “and village of the Ammonite,” indicating a fixed place name.
Root and etymology
k-p-rkaf–pe–resh
“village”
In context — Joshua 18:24
Kephar Ammoni , the Ammonah, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their villages
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:24, so the Hebrew word וּכְפַ֧ר (ukhfar) 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.18.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.24.W1.S1) and character.