Joshua 19:27:7Josh.19.27.W7TAB
וּבְגֵ֨י
uvgei
“and in the valley of”
- Transliteration
- uv-GEI
- Extended
- uv-GEI
- IPA
- /uvˈɡeːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the valley of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
uv-GEI
- phraseyour reading level
uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA
- clause
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh beit da-GON u-pa-GA biz-vo-LUN uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA beit ha-E-mek u-ne-i-EL
- sentence
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh beit da-GON u-pa-GA biz-vo-LUN uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA beit ha-E-mek u-ne-i-EL ve-ya-TSA el-KA-vul mis-SMOL
Exegesis
The construct u-ve-gei yif-ṯáḥ-’ĕl {וּבְגֵי יִפְתַּח־אֵל | u-və-gē yif-ṯáḥ-’ĕl} links the generic term gei ‘valley’ to the place name Iphtah-El.
Root and etymology
gimel–yod–hehgimel–yod–heh
“valley, ravine”
In context — Joshua 19:27
And it turned eastward of the sun to Beth Dagon, and it touched Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-El northward, Beth Ha’emek and Neiel, and it went out to Kabul on the left.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 19:27, so the Hebrew word וּבְגֵ֨י (uvgei) 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.19.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.27.W7.S1) and character.