Joshua 18:6:5Josh.18.6.W5TAB

חֲלָקִ֔ים

khalakim

divisions

Transliteration
khala-KIM
Extended
khah-lah-KEEM
IPA
/ħalaˈkim/

Meaning by language

English
divisions

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    khala-KIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    shiv-A khala-KIM

  3. clause

    ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TEM tik-te-VOO et-ha-A-retz shiv-A khala-KIM va-ha-ve-TEM e-LAI HE-na ve-ya-ri-TI la-KHEM go-RAL PO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-nu

Exegesis

The numeric specification shiv‘ah khalakim {שִׁבְעָה חֲלָקִים | ši-ḇə-ʿāh ḥa-lā-qim} ‘seven portions’ links a cardinal number with a plural noun in absolute state.

Root and etymology

ch-l-qchet–lamed–qof

to divide, apportion

In contextJoshua 18:6

And you shall write down the land in seven portions , and bring them here to me, and I will cast the lot for you here before the LORD our God .

About this coordinate

Joshua 18:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 18:6, so the Hebrew word חֲלָקִ֔ים (khalakim) 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.18.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.6.W5.S1) and character.