Joshua 21:20:3Josh.21.20.W3TAB
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
halviyim
“the Levites”
- Transliteration
- hal-vi-YIM
- Extended
- hal-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /hal.viˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hal-vi-YIM
- clause
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT
- sentence
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The construct chain benei-Kehat {בְּנֵֽי־קְהָת֙ | bə-nē-kə-hāṯ} ‘sons of Kohath’ specifies lineage, followed by the noun phrase haLeviim hanotarim {הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים | ha-lə-wî-yim han-nō-ṭā-rîm} ‘the Levites the remaining ones’, where hanotarim, a Qal active participle with a definite article, marks those left over.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–vav–yod
“joined, attached”
In context — Joshua 21:20
And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained , received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:20, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (halviyim) 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.21.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.20.W3.S1) and character.