Joshua 19:49:2Josh.19.49.W2TAB
לִנְחֹל־אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ
lenkholethaaretz
“to apportion as inheritance the land”
- Transliteration
- le-nkhol-ET-ha-A-retz
- Extended
- lih-nkhol-EET-hah-AA-retz
- IPA
- /linˈχol.ˈʔeːt.haˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to apportion as inheritance the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-nkhol-ET-ha-A-retz
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-kha-LOO le-nkhol-ET-ha-A-retz
- clause
va-ye-kha-LOO le-nkhol-ET-ha-A-retz lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LOO le-nkhol-ET-ha-A-retz lig-vu-lo-TE-ha va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL na-kha-LA li-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN be-to-KHAM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lînḥōl-ʾeṯ-hā-ʾāreṣ {לִנְחֹל־אֶת־הָאָרֶץ | lînḥōl-ʾeṯ-hā-ʾāreṣ} “to inherit the land” expresses purpose, with the definite direct object marker and feminine noun.
Root and etymology
ʼ-r-ṣ
“land, earth”
In context — Joshua 19:49
And when they had finished apportioning the land to its boundaries , the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun among them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:49:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:49, so the Hebrew word לִנְחֹל־אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ (lenkholethaaretz) 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.19.49.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.49.W2.S1) and character.