Joshua 18:3:2Josh.18.3.W2TAB
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yehoshua
“Joshua”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-SHU-a
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-SHU-ah
- IPA
- /jəhoˈʃu.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Joshua
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-SHU-a
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
Exegesis
Yehoshua {יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | yə-hō-šū-ʾa} serves as the speaker, addressing benei Yisrael {בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bənê Yiśrāʾēl}.
In context — Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you be slack to go in to possess the land which the LORD the God of your fathers has given you?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:3, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (yehoshua) 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.18.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.3.W2.S1) and character.