Joshua 21:43:9Josh.21.43.W9TAB
וַיִּירָשֻׁ֖הָ
vayirashuha
“and they took possession of it”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-ra-SHU-ha
- Extended
- vah-yee-rah-SHOO-hah
- IPA
- /vaj.jiraˈʃuːhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they took possession of it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-ra-SHU-ha
- clause
va-yi-ra-SHU-ha va-ye-SHVU BAH
- sentence
va-yi-TEN Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL ET-kol-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA la-TET la-a-vo-TAM va-yi-ra-SHU-ha va-ye-SHVU BAH
Root and etymology
י־ר־שׁ
“to inherit, possess”
In context — Joshua 21:43
And the LORD gave Israel all the land that He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took it as their possession and lived in it.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:43:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 21:43, so the Hebrew word וַיִּירָשֻׁ֖הָ (vayirashuha) 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.21.43.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.43.W9.S1) and character.