Joshua 19:8:1Josh.19.8.W1TAB
וְכָל־הֽ͏ַחֲצֵרִ֗ים
vekolhakhatserim
“and all the villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM
- Extended
- veh-KAHL-hah-kha-tseh-REEM
- IPA
- /vəˈxol.haħaˈt͡seːrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all the villages
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM
- clause
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev
- sentence
ve-KOL-ha-kha-tse-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-a-RIM ha-EH-leh ad-ba-a-LAT be-ER ra-a-MAT NE-gev ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-shim-ON le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
Exegesis
The verse opens with vechol haḥaṣerîm {וְכָל־הַחֲצֵרִים | wə-ḥa-ṣê-rîm} ‘and all the villages,’ a definite plural NP.
Root and etymology
ח־צ־ר
“courtyard, enclosure”
In context — Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that are around these towns as far as Baalath Beer—Ramath Negev—this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, according to their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הֽ͏ַחֲצֵרִ֗ים (vekolhakhatserim) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.8.W1.S1) and character.