Joshua 18:9:9Josh.18.9.W9TAB
עַל־סֵ֑פֶר
alsefer
“on a book”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseːfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on a book
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The sequence le’arim {לֶעָרִ֛ים | lə-‘ā-rîm} ‘for cities’ and leshiv’ah ḥalakim {לְשִׁבְעָ֥ה חֲלָקִ֖ים | lə-šib-‘ā-hā ḥă-lā-qîm} ‘into seven portions’ outlines the organizational scheme, with al-sefer {עַל־סֵ֑פֶר | ‘al-sē-per} ‘on a scroll’ specifying the medium.
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 18:9:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 18:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֑פֶר (alsefer) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.9.W9.S1) and character.