Joshua 18:7:3Josh.18.7.W3TAB
לַלְוִיִּם֙
lalviyim
“for the Levites”
- Transliteration
- lal-vi-YIM
- Extended
- lal-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /lal.viˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lal-vi-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
EIN-KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM
- clause
KI EIN-KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM be-kir-be-KHEM KI-khe-hu-NAT Ye-ho-VAH na-kha-la-TO
- sentence
KI EIN-KHE-lek lal-vi-YIM be-kir-be-KHEM KI-khe-hu-NAT Ye-ho-VAH na-kha-la-TO ve-GAD u-re-u-VEN va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH lak-KHU na-kha-la-TAM me-E-ver la-yar-DEN miz-ra-KHA a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Joshua 18:7
For there is no portion for the Levites among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave to them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:7, so the Hebrew word לַלְוִיִּם֙ (lalviyim) 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.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.7.W3.S1) and character.