Joshua 21:3:4Josh.21.3.W4TAB
מִנַּחֲלָתָ֖ם
minachalatam
“from their inheritance”
- Transliteration
- mi-na-cha-la-TAM
- Extended
- mih-naa-kha-laa-TAM
- IPA
- /minnaħalaˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- from their inheritance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-na-cha-la-TAM
- clause
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-la-TAM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-la-TAM el-PI Ye-ho-VAH et-he-a-RIM ha-EI-le ve-et-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
Minaḥalotam {מִנַּחֲלָתָם | mi-nă-ḥă-lā-tām} ‘from their inheritance’ highlights the divine land allotment (nachalah).
In context — Joshua 21:3
And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance these cities and their pasturelands, according to the word of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:3, so the Hebrew word מִנַּחֲלָתָ֖ם (minachalatam) 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.21.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.3.W4.S1) and character.