Joshua 21:30:4Josh.21.30.W4TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ
veetmigrasheha
“and its pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- Extended
- veh-EET-mig-rah-SHEH-hah
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.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-TEH a-SHER et-mish-AL ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-ma-TEH a-SHER et-mish-AL ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha et-av-DON ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
Each settlement is introduced by the direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} or the combined and-direct-object marker ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet}, marking discrete objects.
The phrase migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | mi-grā-šehā} ‘its pasturelands’ is a construct noun with a suffix denoting possession, linking grazing grounds to each location. Paratactic vav coordination strings together “town with its pasturelands” units in a straightforward list.
Root and etymology
g-r-shgimel–resh–shin
“open land”
In context — Joshua 21:30
From the tribe of Asher came Mishal with its pasturelands and Avdon with its pasturelands.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:30, 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.21.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.30.W4.S1) and character.