Joshua 18:28:10Josh.18.28.W10TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֑ן
vekhatsrehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-khats-re-HEN
- Extended
- veh-khahts-reh-HEN
- IPA
- /vəχatsreˈhɛn/
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
ve-TSE-la ha-E-lef ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM giv-AT kir-YAT a-RIM ar-BA-es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ve-TSE-la ha-E-lef ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM giv-AT kir-YAT a-RIM ar-BA-es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The numeral arbaʿ-ʿeśrē {אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ar-baʿ-ʿeś-rē} ‘fourteen’ quantitatively modifies ʿărîm, which is then extended by wə-ḥaṣərêhên {וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֑ן | wə-ḥa-ṣə-rê-ˀ hên} ‘and their villages.’
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-rchet–tsade–resh
“courtyard, settlement”
In context — Joshua 18:28
Zelah, Haeleph, and the Jebusite city—Jerusalem—Gibeah and Kiriath, fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the descendants of Benjamin for their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 18:28, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֑ן (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.18.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.28.W10.S1) and character.