Joshua 21:33:6Josh.21.33.W6TAB
וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃
umigresheihen
“and their pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- u-mig-re-shei-HEN
- Extended
- oo-mig-reh-SHEH-hen
- IPA
- /u.miɣ.rəʃeˈhen/
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-shei-HEN
- clause
she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
- sentence
KOL-a-REI ha-ger-shu-NI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The conjunction u- linking migrashêhên {וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן | u-migrashêhên} ‘and their pasturelands’ attaches a coordinating phrase, indicating grazing areas accompany each town. In English, the noun–number sequence is rendered as “thirteen towns” and the prepositional phrase follows the noun for natural flow while preserving the original distributive force.
Root and etymology
Rootg-r-š
“open land, pasture”
In context — Joshua 21:33
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their clans were thirteen in number, along with their pasturelands .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:33, so the Hebrew word וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ (umigresheihen) 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.21.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.33.W6.S1) and character.