Joshua 19:41:3Josh.19.41.W3TAB
נַחֲלָתָ֑ם
nakhalatam
“of their inheritance”
- Transliteration
- na-kha-la-TAM
- Extended
- nah-kha-lah-TAAM
- IPA
- /naħălaˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-kha-la-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VUL na-kha-la-TAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-kha-la-TAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-kha-la-TAM tsor-AH ve-esh-ta-OL ve-IR SHA-mesh
Exegesis
The noun gevul {גְּב֣וּל | gəvûl} ‘boundary’ heads a construct phrase with naḥalatām {נַחֲלָתָ֑ם | naḥalatām} ‘their inheritance’, marking possession and specifying the territorial allotment. This construct phrase functions as the subject of the clause.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-ln-ḥ-l
“stream, wadi”
In context — Joshua 19:41
And the boundary of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir Shemesh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:41, so the Hebrew word נַחֲלָתָ֑ם (nakhalatam) 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.19.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.41.W3.S1) and character.