Joshua 19:39:7Josh.19.39.W7TAB
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
vekhatsrehen
“and their villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-khats-re-HEN
- Extended
- veh-khats-reh-HEN
- IPA
- /vexa.tsreːˈhen/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their villages
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khats-re-HEN
- clause
he-a-RIM ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-naf-ta-LI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM he-a-RIM ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The coordinated nouns he’arim {הֶעָרִים | hê-ʿā-rîm} ‘the cities’ and ve-chatzreihen {וְחַצְרֵיהֶן | wǝ-ḥaṣ-rê-hen} ‘and their villages’ complete the geographic scope. The English rendering preserves these structural relationships through possessive and prepositional phrases.
Root and etymology
ch-tz-rchet–tsade–resh
“enclosure, village”
In context — Joshua 19:39
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their clans; the cities and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 19:39, so the Hebrew word וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (vekhatsrehen) 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.19.39.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.39.W7.S1) and character.