Joshua 21:6:1Josh.21.6.W1TAB
וְלִבְנֵ֣י
velivne
“and for the sons”
- Transliteration
- ve-li-vne
- Extended
- veh-li-vNEE
- IPA
- /vəlivˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for the sons
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
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ve-li-vne
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ve-li-vne ger-SHON
- sentence
ve-li-vne ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TEH-yi-sa-SKHAR u-mi-mat-TEH-a-SHER u-mi-mat-TEH naf-ta-LI u-me-kha-TSI mat-TEH me-na-SHEH va-ba-SHAN ba-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
Exegesis
The verse is headed by ve-livnei {וְלִבְנֵ֣י | wə-liv-nē} ‘and to the sons of’, a fronted prepositional phrase marking the recipients and linking this allotment to the preceding distribution context.
In context — Joshua 21:6
And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:6, so the Hebrew word וְלִבְנֵ֣י (velivne) 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.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.6.W1.S1) and character.