Joshua 19:1:9Josh.19.1.W9TAB
נַֽחֲלָתָ֔ם
nachalatam
“their inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-cha-la-TAM
- Extended
- nah-ḥa-lah-TAHM
- IPA
- /naħălaˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
na-cha-la-TAM
- clause
va-ye-HI na-cha-la-TAM be-TOKH na-cha-LAT be-NEI-ye-hu-DA
- 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 conjunction vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} “and it was” introduces the result clause nachalatam {נַחֲלָתָם | na-ḥă-lā-tām} “their inheritance” betokh nachalat bênê-Yehudah {בְּתוֹךְ נַחֲלַת בְנֵי־יְהוּדָה | bə-tōḵ na-ḥă-lāt bə-nê-yə-hû-ḏā} “within the inheritance of the sons of Judah,” which positions Simeon’s allotment inside Judah’s territory. The Hebrew construct chains and word order foreground both the process and outcome of tribal distribution.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-ln-ḥ-l
“stream, wadi”
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 19:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 19:1, so the Hebrew word נַֽחֲלָתָ֔ם (nachalatam) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.1.W9.S1) and character.