Joshua 21:11:8Josh.21.11.W8TAB
חֶבְר֖וֹן
khevron
“Hebron”
- Transliteration
- khev-RON
- Extended
- khehv-ROHN
- IPA
- /ħɛvˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hebron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khev-RON
- 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}.
Root and etymology
ח־ב־ר
“association, joining”
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 21:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word חֶבְר֖וֹן (khevron) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W8.S1) and character.