Joshua 20:8:1Josh.20.8.W1TAB
וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר
umeever
“and from beyond”
- Transliteration
- u-me-E-ver
- Extended
- oo-meh-EH-vehr
- IPA
- /u.meːˈʕeːvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from beyond
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-E-ver
- clause
u-me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-ri-KHO miz-RA-kha nat-NU et-BE-tsr ba-mid-BAR ba-mi-SHOR mi-mat-TE re-u-VEN
- sentence
u-me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-ri-KHO miz-RA-kha nat-NU et-BE-tsr ba-mid-BAR ba-mi-SHOR mi-mat-TE re-u-VEN ve-et-RA-mot ba-gil-AD mi-mat-TE-GAD ve-et-go-LAN ba-ba-SHAN mi-mat-TE me-na-SHEH
Exegesis
The verse begins with umeʿever {וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר | ū-mê-ʿe-ver} ‘and from the other side’, establishing a spatial frame beyond the Jordan.
In context — Joshua 20:8
And on the other side of the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness , in the plain, from the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 20:8, so the Hebrew word וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר (umeever) 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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.8.W1.S1) and character.