Joshua 19:17:1Josh.19.17.W1TAB
לְיִ֨שָׂשכָ֔ר
leyisaskar
“for Issachar”
- Transliteration
- le-yi-sa-SKAR
- Extended
- leh-yi-saa-SKAR
- IPA
- /ləji.saːsˈkar/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Issachar
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-yi-sa-SKAR
- clause
le-yi-sa-SKAR ya-TSA ha-go-RAL har-vee-EE
- sentence
le-yi-sa-SKAR ya-TSA ha-go-RAL har-vee-EE liv-NEI yi-sa-SKAR le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The verse begins with the fronted prepositional phrase le-Yissakhar {לְיִשָׂשכָ֔ר | lᵊyiśśākhar} ‘for Issachar’, emphasizing the recipient before the verb.
In context — Joshua 19:17
For Issachar the fourth lot came out for the sons of Issachar according to their clans .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:17, so the Hebrew word לְיִ֨שָׂשכָ֔ר (leyisaskar) 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.19.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.17.W1.S1) and character.