Joshua 21:11:7Josh.21.11.W7TAB
הִ֥יא
hi
“that is”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
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 |
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Word in context
- word
HI
- phraseyour reading level
HI khev-RON
- clause
va-yit-NU la-HEM ET-kir-YAT ar-BA a-VI ha-a-NOK HI khev-RON be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- 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
The pronoun hî {הִ֥יא | hī} equates that phrase with ḥebron {חֶבְר֖וֹן | ḥebron}.
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 21:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word הִ֥יא (hi) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W7.S1) and character.