Joshua 19:16:7Josh.19.16.W7TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
vekhatsrehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-khats-re-HEN
- Extended
- veh-khats-REH-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
he-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-zvu-LUN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM he-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The parallel coordination ha-arim {הֶעָרִים | hā-‘ā-rîm} ‘the cities’ and ve-chatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶן | wə-ḥat-sre-hên} ‘and their villages’ lists main settlements and their dependent sites. The Hebrew construct states and coordinated nouns yield precise territorial enumeration, rendered in English by subordinating modifiers and coordinating nouns.
Root and etymology
ḥ-ṣ-rḥet–ṣade–resh
“enclosure”
In context — Joshua 19:16
This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families; these cities and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 19:16, 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.19.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.16.W7.S1) and character.