Joshua 21:12:1Josh.21.12.W1TAB
וְאֶת־שְׂדֵ֥ה
veetsedeh
“but the field”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-se-DEH
- Extended
- veh-EET-seh-DEH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.səˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but the field
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-se-DEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR
- clause
ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha
- sentence
ve-ET-se-DEH ha-IR ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha nat-NU le-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH ba-a-khu-za-TO
Exegesis
The verse uses the direct-object particle et {אֶת | ʾēṯ} to mark “field” and “villages” as definite objects immediately following the coordinating conjunction vav {וְ | wə-}.
Root and etymology
s-d-hShin–Dalet–Heh
“field, open land”
In context — Joshua 21:12
But they gave the field of the city and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־שְׂדֵ֥ה (veetsedeh) 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.21.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.12.W1.S1) and character.