Joshua 18:4:11Josh.18.4.W11TAB
אוֹתָ֛הּ
otah
“it”
- Transliteration
- o-TAH
- Extended
- oh-TAA
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH
- clause
ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI
- sentence
ha-VOO la-KHEM she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM la-sha-VET ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI
Exegesis
The direct object marker otah {אוֹתָ֛הּ | ’ō-ṯā(h)} ‘it’ refers to the land ba-aretz {בָאָ֛רֶץ | bä-’ā-reṣ} ‘in the land’.
In context — Joshua 18:4
Appoint three men for each tribe , and I will send them; let them rise and traverse the land and record it according to their inheritance , then let them come to me.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 18:4, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָ֛הּ (otah) 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.18.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.4.W11.S1) and character.