Joshua 19:7:3Josh.19.7.W3TAB
וָעֶ֣תֶר
vaeter
“and Ether”
- Transliteration
- va-E-ter
- Extended
- vah-EH-tehr
- IPA
- /rimˈmoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ether
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-E-ter
- phraseyour reading level
va-E-ter ve-a-SHAN
- clause
A-yin rim-MON va-E-ter ve-a-SHAN
- sentence
A-yin rim-MON va-E-ter ve-a-SHAN a-RIM ar-BA ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a coordinate list of four place names—ayin {עַ֥יִן | ʿă-yîn} ‘Ain’, rimmon {רִמּ֖וֹן | rim-môn} ‘Rimmon’, wā-ʿe-ter {וָעֶ֣תֶר | wā-ʿe-ter} ‘and Eter’, and wə-ʿā-šān {וְעָשָׁ֑ן | wə-ʿā-šān} ‘and Ashan’—joined by the conjunction waw.
In context — Joshua 19:7
Ain, Rimmon, Eter, and Ashan—four towns and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:7, so the Hebrew word וָעֶ֣תֶר (vaeter) 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.19.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.7.W3.S1) and character.