Joshua 20:7:8Josh.20.7.W8TAB
הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן
hi khevron
“that is, Hebron”
- Transliteration
- hi KHEV-ron
- Extended
- hee KHEV-rohn
- IPA
- /hiː xɛvˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is, Hebron
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hi KHEV-ron
- 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 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
ḥ-b-rchet–bet–resh
“association”
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 20:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 20:7, so the Hebrew word הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן (hi khevron) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.7.W8.S1) and character.