Joshua 19:1:4Josh.19.1.W4TAB
לְשִׁמְע֔וֹן
leshimon
“for Simeon”
- Transliteration
- le-shim-ON
- Extended
- leh-shim-OWN
- IPA
- /ləʃimˈʔoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Simeon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-shim-ON
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL ha-she-NI le-shim-ON le-ma-TEH be-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-go-RAL ha-she-NI le-shim-ON le-ma-TEH be-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-HI na-cha-la-TAM be-TOKH na-cha-LAT be-NEI-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The cumulative prepositional series le-Shim‘on {לְשִׁמְעוֹן | lə-šim-ʿōn} “for Simeon,” le-matteh bênê-Shim‘on {לְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־שִׁמְעוֹן | lə-maṭ-têh bə-nê-šim-ʿōn} “for the tribe of the sons of Simeon,” and le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם | lə-miš-pe-ḥō-tām} “for their clans” underscores both tribal and clan allocations.
In context — Joshua 19:1
Then the second lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their clans; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of Judah .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:1, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁמְע֔וֹן (leshimon) 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.19.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.1.W4.S1) and character.