Joshua 19:9:1Josh.19.9.W1TAB
מֵחֶ֙בֶל֙
mehkhevel
“from the portion”
- Transliteration
- meh-KHE-vel
- Extended
- meh-KHEH-vel
- IPA
- /meːˈħɛvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the portion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-KHE-vel
- clause
meh-KHE-vel be-NEI ye-hu-DA na-cha-LAT be-NEI shim-ON
- sentence
meh-KHE-vel be-NEI ye-hu-DA na-cha-LAT be-NEI shim-ON ki-ha-YA KHE-lek be-NEI-ye-hu-DA RAV meh-HEM va-yin-cha-LU ve-NEI-shim-ON be-TOkh na-cha-la-TAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase mechevel {מֵחֶ֙בֶל֙ | mê-ḥé-vel} ‘from the portion’, forming a construct with benei Yehudah {בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה | bĕ-nḗ Yĕ-hû-dā́h} ‘sons of Judah’ to establish territorial origin.
Root and etymology
ח־ב־ל
“division”
In context — Joshua 19:9
From the portion of the sons of Judah came the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of the sons of Judah was more abundant than they needed; therefore the sons of Simeon inherited amidst their inheritance.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 19:9, so the Hebrew word מֵחֶ֙בֶל֙ (mehkhevel) 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.19.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.9.W1.S1) and character.