Joshua 20:5:6Josh.20.5.W6TAB
וְלֹֽא־יַסְגִּ֥רוּ
veloyasgiru
“and they shall not give up”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-yas-GI-ru
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yahs-GHI-roo
- IPA
- /vəloː.jasˈɡiːru/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall not give up
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-yas-GI-ru
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh
- clause
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO
- sentence
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The prohibition velo yasgirū {וְלֹֽא־יַסְגִּ֥רוּ | wə·lō’ yas·gî·rū} ‘they shall not hand over’ in the Hiphil imperfect directs the elders, with harotzeach {הָרֹצֵ֖חַ | hā·rō·ṣē·aḥ} ‘the slayer’ tagged by et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct-object marker’.
Root and etymology
Rootg-w-r
“to sojourn, dwell as stranger”
In context — Joshua 20:5
If the avenger of blood pursues him, the elders must not hand over the slayer into his hands, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge and had not hated him previously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יַסְגִּ֥רוּ (veloyasgiru) 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.20.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.5.W6.S1) and character.