Joshua 18:4:7Josh.18.4.W7TAB
וְיָקֻ֜מוּ
veyakumu
“and they shall rise”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-KU-mu
- Extended
- veh-yaa-KU-moo
- IPA
- /vəjaˈkumu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall rise
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-KU-mu
- 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
A chain of vav-consecutive verbs—ve’eshlahem {וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם | wə-’eš-lā-ḥēm} ‘and I will send them’, veyakumu {וְיָקֻ֜מוּ | wə-yā-qū-mû} ‘and let them rise’, veyithalkhu {וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ | wə-yit-hal-le-khû} ‘and let them go about’, and veyikhtevu {וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ | wə-yik-te-vû} ‘and let them write’—sequentially structures the mission steps.
Root and etymology
ק־ו־ם
“to rise, stand upright”
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 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְיָקֻ֜מוּ (veyakumu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.4.W7.S1) and character.