Joshua 18:4:13Josh.18.4.W13TAB
נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם
nachalatam
“their inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-cha-la-TAM
- Extended
- nah-kha-lah-TAHM
- IPA
- /naħa.laˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- their inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-cha-la-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
le-FI na-cha-la-TAM
- 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 construct lefi nachalatem {לְפִ֥י נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם | lə-p̄î naḥa-la-ṯām} ‘according to their inheritance’ ties the documentation to tribal allotments.
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 18:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 18:4, so the Hebrew word נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם (nachalatam) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.4.W13.S1) and character.