Joshua 18:24:5Josh.18.24.W5TAB

וָגָ֑בַע

vagava

and Geba

Transliteration
va-ga-VA
Extended
vaa-gaa-VAH
IPA
/vaː.gaˈvaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
and Geba

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Result
וָ + גָ֑ + בַע
va + ga + va
vagava

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-ga-VA

  2. clause

    ukh-FAR ha-am-ma-NI ha-am-mo-NAH ve-ha-OF-ni va-ga-VA

  3. 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

It is followed by ha-ammonah {הָעַמֹּנָ֛ה | hā-ʿammōnāh}, ve-ha-ofni {וְהָעָפְנִ֖י | wə-hā-ʿāp̄nî}, and va-gava {וָגָ֑בַע | wā-ḡā-vāʿ} in an asyndetic list introduced by vav, enumerating four locations.

In contextJoshua 18:24

Kephar Ammoni , the Ammonah, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their villages

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 18:24, so the Hebrew word וָגָ֑בַע (vagava) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.24.W5.S1) and character.