Joshua 21:44:6Josh.21.44.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֖ע
ashernishba
“that he had sworn”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-nish-BA
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-nish-BAA
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.niʃˈbaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he had sworn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-nish-BA
- phraseyour reading level
ke-KHOL a-SHER-nish-BA
- clause
va-ya-NAKH Ye-ho-VAH la-HEM mi-sa-VIV ke-KHOL a-SHER-nish-BA la-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-NAKH Ye-ho-VAH la-HEM mi-sa-VIV ke-KHOL a-SHER-nish-BA la-a-vo-TAM ve-LO-a-MAD ISH bif-ne-HEM mi-KOL-oy-ve-HEM ET KOL-oy-ve-HEM na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DAM
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher-nishba {אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע | ’ǎ·šer–niš·bā‘} ‘that He had sworn’ is governed by the prepositional phrase kekol {כְּכֹל | ke·ḵōl} ‘according to all’; the Niphal perfect verb nishba indicates a solemn oath.
Root and etymology
sh-b-‘shin–bet–ayin
“seven, oath”
In context — Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest all around, just as He had sworn to their fathers; not one of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:44:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:44, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֖ע (ashernishba) 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.21.44.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.44.W6.S1) and character.