Joshua 21:11:9Josh.21.11.W9TAB
בְּהַ֣ר
behar
“in the hill country of”
- Transliteration
- be-HAR
- Extended
- beh-HAR
- IPA
- /bəˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hill country of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
be-HAR ye-hu-DA
- 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 locative bə-hār yəhûḏāh {בְּהַר יְהוּדָה | bə-hār yəhûḏāh} specifies the hill country of Judah.
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 21:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 21:11, so the Hebrew word בְּהַ֣ר (behar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.11.W9.S1) and character.