Joshua 21:16:12Josh.21.16.W12TAB
הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים
hashshevateem
“the tribes”
- Transliteration
- hash-she-va-TEEM
- Extended
- hahsh-sheh-vah-TEEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃəvaˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tribes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hash-she-va-TEEM
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEI hash-she-va-TEEM
- clause
a-REEM TE-sha me-ET she-NEI hash-she-va-TEEM ha-EI-le
- sentence
ve-ET-AIN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-yut-TA ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-BEIT SHE-mesh ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-REEM TE-sha me-ET she-NEI hash-she-va-TEEM ha-EI-le
Exegesis
The enumeration culminates with the numeral tesha {תֵּשַׁע | tēšaʿ} ‘nine’ modifying arim {עָרִים | ʿārîm} ‘towns’ introduced by the partitive me’et {מֵאֵת | mēʾeṯ} ‘from among’ and the construct phrase shnei hashvatim haeleh {שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁבָטִים הָאֵלֶּה | šənē ha-šəvaṭîm hā-ʾēlleh} ‘these two tribes’, which together underscore the collective total. This serial coordination from individual listings to a final numeric summary is typical of Hebrew distribution narratives, preserving both detail and overarching structure.
Root and etymology
“tribe, staff”
In context — Joshua 21:16
Ain and its pasturelands , Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 21:16, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים (hashshevateem) 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.21.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.16.W12.S1) and character.