Joshua 21:12:3Josh.21.12.W3TAB
וְאֶת־חֲצֵרֶ֑יהָ
veetkhatsereha
“and its villages”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha
- Extended
- veh-EET-kha-tseh-REH-hah
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.ħa.tseˈreːhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its villages
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-kha-tse-RE-ha
- 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-}.
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 21:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־חֲצֵרֶ֑יהָ (veetkhatsereha) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.12.W3.S1) and character.