Joshua 21:39:1Josh.21.39.W1TAB
אֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙
etkheshbon
“Heshbon”
- Transliteration
- ET-KHESH-bon
- Extended
- EET-KHESH-BOHN
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.xɛʃˈboːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Heshbon
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ET-KHESH-bon
- clause
ET-KHESH-bon ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-ya-a-ZER ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
ET-KHESH-bon ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ET-ya-a-ZER ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha KOL-a-RIM ar-BA
Exegesis
The enumeration uses the explicit object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ before each city and its construct phrase, creating a formal catalogue.
In context — Joshua 21:39
Heshbon and its pasturelands and Jazer and its pasturelands; in all, four towns .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:39, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ (etkheshbon) 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.21.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.39.W1.S1) and character.