Joshua 21:27:14Josh.21.27.W14TAB
וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה
veetbeeshterah
“and Beeshterah”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH
- Extended
- veh-EET-beh-esh-teh-RAH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt bəʔeʃtəˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Beeshterah
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH
- clause
ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM me-kha-TSI mat-TE me-na-SHE ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-GO-lan ba-ba-SHAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM me-kha-TSI mat-TE me-na-SHE ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-GO-lan ba-ba-SHAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM shte-YIM
In context — Joshua 21:27
To the Gershonites of the Levite clans, from half of the tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan was assigned as a city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pastureland , and Be-Esht’rah with its pastureland—two cities .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Joshua 21:27, so the Hebrew word וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה (veetbeeshterah) 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.21.27.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.27.W14.S1) and character.