Joshua 18:7:4Josh.18.7.W4TAB
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֔ם
bekirbekhem
“among you”
- Transliteration
- be-kir-be-KHEM
- Extended
- beh-keer-beh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /bəkirbˈχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kir-be-KHEM
- 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
Exegesis
The initial causal particle ki {כִּ֠י | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces a justification: the negative existential clause ein-chelek {אֵֽין־חֵ֤לֶק | ʾên-ḥêleq} ‘there is no portion’ states the Levites’ lack of land allotment within the community, specified by the locative phrase be-qirbechem {בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֔ם | bə-qirbəkem} ‘among you’.
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 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:7, so the Hebrew word בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֔ם (bekirbekhem) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.7.W4.S1) and character.