Joshua 21:41:9Josh.21.41.W9TAB
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה
ushmoneh
“and eight”
- Transliteration
- u-shmo-NEH
- Extended
- oo-shmo-NEH
- IPA
- /uʃ.moˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- and eight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-shmo-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
ar-ba-IM u-shmo-NEH
- clause
a-RIM ar-ba-IM u-shmo-NEH u-mig-re-shei-HEN
- sentence
KOL a-REI hal-vi-YIM be-TOKH a-khu-ZAT be-NEI-Yis-ra-EL a-RIM ar-ba-IM u-shmo-NEH u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The sequence ‘ārîm ’arba‘îm u-šmōnê {עָרִים אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה | ‘ārîm ’arba‘îm u-šmōnê} converts forty and eight into the compound forty-eight in English.
In context — Joshua 21:41
All the towns of the Levites within the inheritance of the sons of Israel were forty-eight in number, with their pastures .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:41:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 21:41, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה (ushmoneh) 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.21.41.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.41.W9.S1) and character.