Joshua 21:37:2Josh.21.37.W2TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ
veetmigrasheha
“and its pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- Extended
- veh-EET-mig-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-ke-de-MOT ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-mei-fa-AT ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
et-ke-de-MOT ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-mei-fa-AT ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM ar-BA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object signal’ before each definite noun, emphasizing each city and its corresponding pastureland.
Kedemot {קְדֵמוֹת֙ | qə̆-dê-mōṯ} and Meipa‘at {מֵיפָ֖עַת | mē-yə-pā-ʿaṯ} are proper place-names followed by migrasheha {מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | mi-grā-še-hā} ‘pasturelands owned’, marked by a pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
Rootgrš
“open land, pasture”
In context — Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth and its pastureland , and Mephaath and its pastureland; four cities in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:37:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:37, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ (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.21.37.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.37.W2.S1) and character.