Joshua 19:47:13Josh.19.47.W13TAB
וַיִּֽרְשׁ֤וּ
vayirshu
“and took possession”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yeer-SHOO
- IPA
- /ləˈfiːˌχɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and took possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-SHU o-TAH
- clause
va-ya-a-LU be-NEI-DAN va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev va-yir-SHU o-TAH va-ye-SHVU VAH va-yik-RE-u le-LE-shem DAN ke-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE gvuL-be-NEI-DAN mei-HEM va-ya-a-LU be-NEI-DAN va-yi-la-KHa-mu im-LE-shem va-yil-ke-DU o-TAH va-ya-KU o-TAH le-FI-KHE-rev va-yir-SHU o-TAH va-ye-SHVU VAH va-yik-RE-u le-LE-shem DAN ke-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM
Exegesis
The series vayirshu {וַיִּרְשׁ֤וּ | wayyir•šû} ‘and they possessed’, vayeishev {וַיֵּשְׁבוּ | wayyē•šû} ‘and they dwelt’, and vayikre’u {וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ | wayyik•rāʾû} ‘and they called’ delineates settlement and renaming.
Root and etymology
y-r-shyod–resh–shin
“to inherit, take possession”
In context — Joshua 19:47
And the border of the sons of Dan went out from them, and the sons of Dan went up against Leshem and captured it, and they struck it with the sword , and they possessed and dwelt in it. And they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:47:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 19:47, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽרְשׁ֤וּ (vayirshu) 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.19.47.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.47.W13.S1) and character.