Joshua 18:24:8Josh.18.24.W8TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
vekhatsrehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-khats-re-HEN
- Extended
- veh-khats-ray-HEN
- IPA
- /vəħatsreˈhen/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their villages
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khats-re-HEN
- clause
a-RIM shteim-ES-reh ve-khats-re-HEN
- 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
Finally, ve-chatsrei-hen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶן | wə-ḥăṣ-rê-hên} “and their villages” extends the referent to the associated settlements, completing the distributive possessive structure.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-rchet–tsade–resh
“courtyard, settlement”
In context — Joshua 18:24
Kephar Ammoni , the Ammonah, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their villages
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:24, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (vekhatsrehen) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.24.W8.S1) and character.