Joshua 19:30:6Josh.19.30.W6TAB
וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם
ushtayim
“and two”
- Transliteration
- u-shta-YIM
- Extended
- uh-shta-YEEM
- IPA
- /uʃtəˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and two
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-shta-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
es-RIM u-shta-YIM
- clause
a-RIM es-RIM u-shta-YIM ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ve-u-MAH va-a-FEK u-re-KHOV a-RIM es-RIM u-shta-YIM ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
Next, the noun arim {עָרִ֛ים | ʿā-rîm} ‘towns’ in the feminine plural absolute is immediately quantified by the compound numeral esrim ushtayim {עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם | ʿĕ-śerîm ū-šĕ-tay-yīm} ‘twenty-two’, a coordinated cardinal expression.
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea”
In context — Joshua 19:30
Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two cities and their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 19:30, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם (ushtayim) 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.19.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.30.W6.S1) and character.