Joshua 21:16:6Josh.21.16.W6TAB
שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ
shemesh
“Shemesh”
- Transliteration
- SHE-mesh
- Extended
- SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛmeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shemesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
ET-BEIT SHE-mesh
- clause
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
- 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
Each proper name appears in construct (e.g., beit shemesh {בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ | bêt šemeš} ‘house of the sun’) followed by the possessive pasturelands form migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mīg-rā-šē-hā} ‘its pasturelands’, highlighting property rights.
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 21:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:16, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ (shemesh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.16.W6.S1) and character.