Joshua 21:10:7Josh.21.10.W7TAB
לֵוִ֑י
levi
“Levi”
- Transliteration
- le-VI
- Extended
- leh-VEE
- IPA
- /leˈvi/
Meaning by language
- English
- Levi
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-VI
- phraseyour reading level
mi-vne le-VI
- clause
va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI ki la-HEM ha-YA hag-go-RAL ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The successive construct chains mimishpechot hakehati {מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת הַקְּהָתִ֖י | mim-miš-pə-ḥôt ha-qə-hā-thî} ‘from the families of the Kohathite’ and mibnei Levi {מִבְּנֵ֣י לֵוִ֑י | mibbə-nê lē-wî} ‘from the sons of Levi’ function as appositional modifiers refining tribal identity.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–vav–yod
“joined, attached”
In context — Joshua 21:10
And the sons of Aaron from the families of the Kohathite from the sons of Levi had the first lot , because it was theirs.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 21:10, so the Hebrew word לֵוִ֑י (levi) 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.21.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.10.W7.S1) and character.