Joshua 18:28:4Josh.18.28.W4TAB
הִ֤יא
hi
“it is”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
HI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM
- 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 verse opens with a paratactic sequence in vetsela {וְצֵלַ֡ע | wə-ṣē-lāʿ} ‘and Zelah’, haʾelef {הָאֶ֜לֶף | hā-ʾe-lef} ‘the Eleph’, and vehayevusi {וְהַיְבוּסִ֨י | wə-hay-vu-sî} ‘and the Jebusite’, followed by the predicative marker hîʾ {הִ֤יא | hîʾ} ‘it is’ which identifies yerûšālayim {יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ | yə-rū-šā-layim} ‘Jerusalem’.
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 18:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:28, so the Hebrew word הִ֤יא (hi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.28.W4.S1) and character.