Joshua 20:7:9Josh.20.7.W9TAB
בְּהַ֥ר יְהוּדָֽה׃
behar yehuda
“in the hill country of Judah”
- Transliteration
- be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- Extended
- beh-HAR yeh-hoo-DAH
- IPA
- /bəˈhar je.huˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hill country of Judah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- 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
Each location uses the prepositional idioms ba-galil {בַּגָּלִיל֙ | băgālîl} ‘in Galilee’ and be-har {בְּהַ֣ר | bə-hār} ‘in the hill country’ paired with tribal names in construct (Naphtali, Ephraim, Judah).
Root and etymology
h-rhe–resh
“mountain, hill”
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 20:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 20:7, so the Hebrew word בְּהַ֥ר יְהוּדָֽה׃ (behar yehuda) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.7.W9.S1) and character.