Joshua 19:50:9Josh.19.50.W9TAB
בְּהַ֣ר
behar
“in the hill country”
- Transliteration
- be-HAR
- Extended
- beh-HAR
- IPA
- /bəˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hill country
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
be-HAR ef-RA-yim
- 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 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’.
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 19:50:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 19:50, so the Hebrew word בְּהַ֣ר (behar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.50.W9.S1) and character.