Joshua 21:26:3Josh.21.26.W3TAB
וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן
umigreshehen
“and their pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- u-mig-re-SHE-hen
- Extended
- oo-mihg-reh-SHEH-hen
- IPA
- /umiɡrəʃeˈhɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their pasturelands
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mig-re-SHE-hen
- clause
KOL-a-REEM E-ser u-mig-re-SHE-hen
- sentence
KOL-a-REEM E-ser u-mig-re-SHE-hen le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT ha-no-ta-REEM
Exegesis
The vav-conjunction on ūmigrəšêhem {וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן | ū·migrə·šê·hem} ‘and their pasturelands’ links the lands to those cities.
Root and etymology
g-r-šgimel–resh–shin
“open land”
In context — Joshua 21:26
All ten cities and their pasturelands were allocated to the families of the remaining sons of Kohath.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:26, so the Hebrew word וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן (umigreshehen) 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.21.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.26.W3.S1) and character.