Joshua 21:11:11Josh.21.11.W11TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ
veetmigrasheha
“and its pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- Extended
- veh-EET-mig-rah-SHEH-hah
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.miɡraˈʃɛhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its pasturelands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- clause
ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
- sentence
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
Exegesis
Finally, wə-ʾet miġrāše-hā səvībōt-e-hā {וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ | wə-ʾet miġrāše-hā səvībōt-e-hā} enumerates the pasturelands around it, using successive et markers to detail the territorial allocation. The Hebrew construct chain and appositional pronoun yield a concise legal narrative that English captures through apposition and prepositional clarity.
Root and etymology
ג־ר־ש
“open land, pasture”
In context — Joshua 21:11
And they gave to them the city of Arba, father of the Anak , which is Hebron in the hill country of Judah, and its pasturelands around it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ (veetmigrasheha) 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.21.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W11.S1) and character.