Joshua 18:5:1Josh.18.5.W1TAB
וְהִֽתְחַלְּק֥וּ
vehitkhalku
“and you shall divide”
- Transliteration
- ve-hit-khal-KU
- Extended
- veh-hit-khal-KOO
- IPA
- /vəhitχalˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall divide
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hit-khal-KU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hit-khal-KU o-TAH
- clause
ve-hit-khal-KU o-TAH le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM
- sentence
ve-hit-khal-KU o-TAH le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM ye-hu-DAH ya-a-MOD al-ge-vu-LO mi-NE-gev u-VEIT yo-SEF ya-am-DU al-ge-vu-LAM mi-tza-FON
Exegesis
The verse opens with a directive, wə-hiṯḥalləqû {וְהִֽתְחַלְּק֥וּ | wə-hiṯḥalləqû} ‘and divide’, where the Hitpael stem signals an internally coordinated action, fitting a communal division.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–lamed–qof
“divide, apportion”
In context — Joshua 18:5
And you shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stand on its border from the south, and the house of Joseph shall stand on their border from the north.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְהִֽתְחַלְּק֥וּ (vehitkhalku) 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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.5.W1.S1) and character.