Joshua 19:50:8Josh.19.50.W8TAB
אֶת־תִּמְנַת־סֶ֖רַח
ettimnatserakh
“Timnath-serah”
- Transliteration
- et-TIM-nat-SE-rakh
- Extended
- EET-TEEM-nat-SEH-rakh
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.timˈnatˈsɛraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Timnath-serah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-TIM-nat-SE-rakh
- clause
al-PI Ye-ho-VAH nat-NU LO et-ha-IR a-SHER sha-AL et-TIM-nat-SE-rakh be-HAR ef-RA-yim
- sentence
al-PI Ye-ho-VAH nat-NU LO et-ha-IR a-SHER sha-AL et-TIM-nat-SE-rakh be-HAR ef-RA-yim va-yiv-NEH et-ha-IR va-ye-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} marks the following noun ha-ir {הָעִיר | hā-ʾîr} ‘the city’ as object, and the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ specifies the action of sha’al {שָׁאַל | šā’āl} ‘he asked’.
The proper name timnat-serach {תִּמְנַת־סֶרַח | timnāṯ-seraḥ} names the city, followed by the locative be-har Efrayim {בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם | bə-har ʾephrāyim} ‘in the hill country of Ephraim’.
The narrative sequence is indicated by the Vav-consecutive verbs va-yivneh {וַיִּבְנֶה | wayyiḇneh} ‘and he built’ and va-yeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyešeḇ} ‘and he settled’, with each et {אֶת | ʾet} marking its object, preserving the Hebrew word order and emphasis on divine command and fulfillment through settlement.
In context — Joshua 19:50
According to the command of the LORD , they gave him the city he asked for, Timnath-Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, and he built the city and lived in it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:50:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 19:50, so the Hebrew word אֶת־תִּמְנַת־סֶ֖רַח (ettimnatserakh) 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.19.50.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.50.W8.S1) and character.