Joshua 21:6:10Josh.21.6.W10TAB

מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה

menasheh

Manasseh

Transliteration
me-na-SHEH
Extended
meh-nah-SHEH
IPA
/mənaˈʃeː/

Meaning by language

English
Manasseh

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + נַ + שֶּׁ֤ה
me + na + sheh
menasheh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-na-SHEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mat-TEH me-na-SHEH va-ba-SHAN

  3. 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 phrase u-mechatsi matteh Menasheh {וּ֠מֵחֲצִי מַטֵּ֨ה מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה | ū-mē-ḥă-ṣî maṭ-ṭē mə-naš-šeh} ‘and from half (of) the tribe of Manasseh’ narrows the final source, and babashan {בַבָּשָׁן֙ | ba-bā-šān} ‘in Bashan’ locates that half-tribe geographically.

In contextJoshua 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 21:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 21:6, so the Hebrew word מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה (menasheh) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.6.W10.S1) and character.