Joshua 21:25:1Josh.21.25.W1TAB
וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙
umimakhatsit
“and from half”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-ma-kha-TSIT
- Extended
- oo-mih-mah-khah-TSIH-eet
- IPA
- /u.mim.maħăˈtsiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from half
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mi-ma-kha-TSIT
- clause
u-mi-ma-kha-TSIT mat-TEH me-na-SHEH et-ta-NAKH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-GAT-ri-MON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-ma-kha-TSIT mat-TEH me-na-SHEH et-ta-NAKH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-GAT-ri-MON ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM shte-YIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the partitive expression umi-machatzit {וּמִמַּחֲצִית | ū-mi-ma-ḥa-ṣîṯ} ‘and from half’, indicating selection within the tribal allotment.
Root and etymology
Rootchet-tsade-he
“division into two parts”
In context — Joshua 21:25
And from half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pastureland and Gath-Rimmon and its pastureland, two cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:25, so the Hebrew word וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙ (umimakhatsit) 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.21.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.25.W1.S1) and character.