Joshua 19:15:8Josh.19.15.W8TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
vekhatsrehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-khats-re-HEN
- Extended
- veh-khats-re-HEN
- IPA
- /vəħatsreˈhen/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their villages
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khats-re-HEN
- clause
a-RIM shteim-es-REH ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ve-ka-TAT ve-na-ha-LAL ve-shim-RON ve-yid-a-LAH u-VEIT LA-khem a-RIM shteim-es-REH ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The compound vechatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | vĕ-ḥă-ṣrê-hêm} ‘and their villages’ uses a construct chain with a pronominal suffix referencing the preceding cities. Hebrew asyndeton emphasizes each location, and the final clause consolidates them into a discrete group, which the English retains to preserve the cataloging function.
Root and etymology
“courtyard, enclosure”
In context — Joshua 19:15
Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem —twelve cities with their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 19:15, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (vekhatsrehen) 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.19.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.15.W8.S1) and character.