Joshua 21:36:3Josh.21.36.W3TAB
אֶת־בֶּ֖צֶר
etbetser
“Bezer”
- Transliteration
- ET-BE-tser
- Extended
- EET-BE-tsehr
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.bɛˈtsɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bezer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-BE-tser
- clause
u-mi-ma-TEH re-u-VEN ET-BE-tser ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
u-mi-ma-TEH re-u-VEN ET-BE-tser ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-YAHT-sah ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
wə-min-matteh {וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה | wə-min-maṭ-ṯeh} ‘and from tribe’ functions as a continuation marker in the allocation list; ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ specifies each place; construct suffix on migrash(eha) {מִגְרָשֶׁהָ | mi-ḡrā-še-hā} ‘its pasturelands’ binds the pastureland to the city. The parallel structure “X and its pasturelands, Y and its pasturelands” reflects Hebrew coordination, preserved in English through repeated conjunctions and possessive phrases to maintain referential symmetry.
Place names Reuven {רְאוּבֵן | rə-ʾû-vēn}, Betser {בֶּצֶר | bə-ṣer}, and Yahatsah {יַהְצָה | yaḥ-ṣā} are rendered as transliterated proper nouns.
In context — Joshua 21:36
And from the tribe of Reuben , Betser and its pasturelands , and Yahatsah and its pasturelands.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:36, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בֶּ֖צֶר (etbetser) 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.21.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.36.W3.S1) and character.