Joshua 21:8:6Josh.21.8.W6TAB
וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן
veetmigreshehen
“and their pasturelands”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen
- Extended
- veh-EET-mig-reh-SHEH-hen
- IPA
- /və.ˈʔeːt miɡrəʃeˈhen/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their pasturelands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen
- clause
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen
- sentence
va-yit-NU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL lal-vi-YIM ET-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh ve-ET-mig-re-SHE-hen ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-Mo-sheh ba-go-RAL
Exegesis
The coordination of direct objects occurs in et-he-arim ha-eleh {אֶת־הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | ’et-hā-ʿārîm hā-’ēlleh} ‘these cities’ and ve-et-migrsheihen {וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן | wə-’et miḡrōšēhên} ‘and their pasturelands’, reflecting inclusive allocation.
Root and etymology
ג־ר־שg-r-š
“pastureland”
In context — Joshua 21:8
And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses by lot.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן (veetmigreshehen) 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.21.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.8.W6.S1) and character.