Joshua 20:7:7Josh.20.7.W7TAB
וְאֶת־קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע
veet kiryat arba
“and Kiriath-arba”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET kir-YAT ar-BA
- Extended
- veh-EET keer-YAHT ar-BAH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt kirˈjat ʔarˈbaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Kiriath-arba
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ET kir-YAT ar-BA
- clause
ve-ET kir-YAT ar-BA hi KHEV-ron be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yak-di-SHU et-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL be-HAR naf-ta-LI ve-ET she-KHEM be-HAR ef-ra-YIM ve-ET kir-YAT ar-BA hi KHEV-ron be-HAR ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks each city as a direct object in a rhythmic triadic parallel.
The appositional construction qiryat arba hi chevron {קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִ֥יא חֶבְרוֹן | qiryāṯ ʾarbaʿ hīʾ ḥeḇrôn} employs a demonstrative pronoun and nominal copula to clarify that Kiriath Arba is Hebron, a feature rendered with parenthetical phrasing to maintain the Hebrew apposition. This structure underscores the formal allocation of each city of refuge within its tribal territory.
Root and etymology
q-r-yqof–resh–yod
“city of”
In context — Joshua 20:7
So they consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba —it is Hebron—in the hill country of Judah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:7:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 20:7, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־קִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע (veet kiryat arba) 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.20.7.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.7.W7.S1) and character.