Joshua 21:34:3Josh.21.34.W3TAB
הַלְוִיִּ֣ם
halviyim
“the Levites”
- Transliteration
- hal-vi-YIM
- Extended
- hal-vee-YEEM
- IPA
- /hal.viˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hal-vi-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM
- clause
u-le-mish-PE-khot be-NEI-me-ra-RI hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM me-ET mat-TEH ze-vu-LUN et-yak-ne-AM ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-le-mish-PE-khot be-NEI-me-ra-RI hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM me-ET mat-TEH ze-vu-LUN et-yak-ne-AM ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha et-kar-TAH ve-et-mig-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the distributive prepositional phrase ule-mishpechot {וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת | û-lə-mish-pə-ḥōt} ‘and to the families’ followed by benei-merari {בְּנֵי־מְרָרִי | bə-nêi mərārî} ‘sons of Merari’ and ha-leviyim hanotarim {הַלְוִיִּם הַנּוֹתָרִים | ha-lə-wî-yim ha-nō-tā-rîm} ‘the remaining Levites’, marking the recipients.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-vav-yod
“to accompany, attach”
In context — Joshua 21:34
And to the families of the sons of Merari, the remaining Levites from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its pastureland , and Kartah and its pastureland.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:34, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֣ם (halviyim) 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.21.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.34.W3.S1) and character.