Joshua 19:26:3Josh.19.26.W3TAB
וּמִשְׁאָ֑ל
umishal
“and Mishal”
- Transliteration
- u-mish-AL
- Extended
- oo-mish-AHL
- IPA
- /u.miʃˈʔaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Mishal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mish-AL
- clause
ve-a-la-ME-lekh ve-am-AD u-mish-AL
- sentence
ve-a-la-ME-lekh ve-am-AD u-mish-AL u-pa-GA be-khar-MEL ha-ya-MAH u-ve-shi-KHOR liv-NAT
Exegesis
The verse presents a toponymic enumeration introduced by successive vav conjunctions, starting with ve’alammelekh {וְאַֽלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | wə-ʾă-lam-me-leḵ} ‘and Alammelek’, ve’amad {וְעַמְעָ֖ד | wə-ʿam-ʿāḏ} ‘and Amad’, and u’mishal {וּמִשְׁאָ֑ל | u-mi-šä-’āl} ‘and Mishal’.
Root and etymology
sh-’-lshin–aleph–lamed
“to ask, request”
In context — Joshua 19:26
The boundary included Alammelek, Amad, and Mishal ; then it reached Carmel toward the sea and Shihor Libnath .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:26, so the Hebrew word וּמִשְׁאָ֑ל (umishal) 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.19.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.26.W3.S1) and character.