Joshua 21:25:7Josh.21.25.W7TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ
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
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
Enumeration of each city and its pastureland uses the conjunctive particle ve {וְ | wə} plus the direct-object marker et {אֶת | ʾet}, as seen in et-Taanakh {אֶת־תַּעְנַךְ | ʾet-ta-ʿa-nakh} and ve-et-migrasheha {וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | wə-ʾet-mi-gra-šê-hā}, highlighting discrete allotments.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel-resh-shin
“enclosed land, pasture”
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 21:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 21:25, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ (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.21.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.25.W7.S1) and character.