Joshua 19:29:4Josh.19.29.W4TAB
וְעַד־עִ֖יר
veadir
“and reaches to a city”
- Transliteration
- ve-AD-IR
- Extended
- veh-AHD-EER
- IPA
- /vəʕadˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and reaches to a city
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AD-IR
- clause
ve-SHAV hag-GEV-ul ha-ra-MAH ve-AD-IR miv-TSAR-TSOR
- sentence
ve-SHAV hag-GEV-ul ha-ra-MAH ve-AD-IR miv-TSAR-TSOR ve-SHAV hag-GEV-ul kho-SAH va-yi-HYU ve-ha-YU tots-e-o-TAV hai-YA-mah me-HE-vel akh-zee-VAH
Exegesis
The noun phrase ha-gevul ha-ramah {הַגְּבוּל הָרָמָה | ha-gebul hā-rā-māh} ‘the boundary toward Ramah’ appears before the prepositional expression ve-ad-ʿîr {וְעַד־עִיר | wə-ʿad-ʿîr} ‘and up to the city’.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-y-r
“city”
In context — Joshua 19:29
And the boundary turned back toward Ramah and reached the fortified city of Tyre; then it turned back to Hosah, and its outlets reached the sea from the territory of Akzib , including Mahalab.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:29, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־עִ֖יר (veadir) 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.19.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.29.W4.S1) and character.