Joshua 18:9:12Josh.18.9.W12TAB
אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה
elhamakhaneh
“to the camp”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- Extended
- el-hah-mah-kha-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔel.ham.maħaˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the camp
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- clause
va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ho-SHU-a el-ha-ma-kha-NEH shi-LO
- sentence
va-yeL-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-AV-ru va-A-retz va-yikh-te-voo-HA le-a-RIM le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM al-SE-fer va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ho-SHU-a el-ha-ma-kha-NEH shi-LO
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“God, mighty one”
In context — Joshua 18:9
So the men went and passed through the land, and they wrote it down by cities into seven portions on a scroll . Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 18:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה (elhamakhaneh) 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.18.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.9.W12.S1) and character.