Joshua 19:13:11Josh.19.13.W11TAB
הַמְּתֹאָ֖ר
hammetoar
“which bends”
- Transliteration
- ham-me-TO-ar
- Extended
- hahm-meh-TOH-ar
- IPA
- /ham.mətoˈʔaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- which bends
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-me-TO-ar
- phraseyour reading level
ri-MON ham-me-TO-ar
- clause
ve-ya-TSA ri-MON ham-me-TO-ar han-NE-ah
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM a-VAR ked-MAH miz-RA-khah gi-TAH KHE-fer i-TAH ka-TSIN ve-ya-TSA ri-MON ham-me-TO-ar han-NE-ah
Exegesis
A sequence of place names gittah {גִּתָּה | gĭt-tā(h)}, hefer {חֵפֶר | ḥê-per}, ittah {עִתָּה | ʿiṯ-tā(h)}, and katsin {קָצִין | qā-ṣîn} maps the path, after which veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ leads to rimmon {רִמּוֹן | rīm-mōn} and the boundary marker hammetoar {הַמְּתֹאָר | ham-mə-ṯō-ʾār} at Neah {הַנֵּעָה | han-nê-ʿā(h)}. The structure underscores linear progression and precise geographic demarcation.
Root and etymology
t-ʾ-rtav–aleph–resh
“to mark, outline”
In context — Joshua 19:13
And from there it passed eastward to Gittah Hepher, Ittah Kazin, and came out at Rimmon by the boundary of Neah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 19:13, so the Hebrew word הַמְּתֹאָ֖ר (hammetoar) 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.19.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.13.W11.S1) and character.