Joshua 21:42:1Josh.21.42.W1TAB
תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙
tihyeinah
“shall be”
- Transliteration
- tih-yei-NAH
- Extended
- tih-yei-NAH
- IPA
- /tiħjeˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tih-yei-NAH
- clause
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha
- sentence
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha KEN le-KHOL-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the imperfect verb tihyeinah {תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ | tihyēnāh} ‘they shall be’, introducing a distributive statement.
In context — Joshua 21:42
These cities shall be each with its pasturelands surrounding it, thus for all these cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:42, so the Hebrew word תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ (tihyeinah) 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.21.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.42.W1.S1) and character.