Joshua 21:35:4Josh.21.35.W4TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ
veetmigrasheha
“and its pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- Extended
- veh-EET-meeg-rah-SHEH-hah
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.miɡraˈʃeːhaː/
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
ET-DIM-nah ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-na-ha-LAL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
ET-DIM-nah ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-na-ha-LAL ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM ar-BA
Exegesis
Each allotment pairs a proper noun with its possessive pasturelands in a construct chain, as in ve-et-migrāšehā {וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ | wə-ʾet-migrāšehā} ‘and its pasturelands’.
Root and etymology
ג־ר־ש
“open land”
In context — Joshua 21:35
Dimnah and its pasturelands and Nahalal and its pasturelands—four towns in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:35, 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.21.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.35.W4.S1) and character.