Joshua 21:37:3Josh.21.37.W3TAB
וְאֶת־מֵיפָ֖עַת
veetmeifaat
“and Mephaath”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mei-fa-AT
- Extended
- veh-EET-mei-faa-AT
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.meːfaˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Mephaath
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-mei-fa-AT
- 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.
In context — Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth and its pastureland , and Mephaath and its pastureland; four cities in all.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:37:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:37, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מֵיפָ֖עַת (veetmeifaat) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.37.W3.S1) and character.