Joshua 21:24:2Josh.21.24.W2TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ
veetmigrasheha
“and its pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- Extended
- veh-EET-mig-rah-SHEH-hah
- IPA
- /vəʔeːt.miɡraˈʃehaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its pasturelands
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- clause
ET-ai-ya-LON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-gat-ri-MON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
ET-ai-ya-LON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-gat-ri-MON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-REEM ar-BA
Exegesis
Each definite noun is introduced by the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘definite direct object marker’ and linked by the conjunction vav-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} ‘and + direct object marker’.
The settlement names form construct relations with migrashehā {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mi-grā-šē-hā} ‘pasturelands’, expressing possession.
Root and etymology
g-r-shg–r–sh
“pastureland”
In context — Joshua 21:24
Aijalon and its pasturelands , Gath-Rimmon and its pasturelands—four cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:24, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ (veetmigrasheha) 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.21.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.24.W2.S1) and character.