Joshua 22:13:6Josh.22.13.W6TAB
שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה
shevetmenasheh
“of the tribe of Manasseh”
- Transliteration
- SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH
- Extended
- SHEE-vehth-meh-na-SHEH
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːvet mənaˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tribe of Manasseh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NEI-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NEI-re-u-VEN ve-EL-be-NEI-GAD ve-EL-kha-TSI SHE-vet-me-na-SHEH el-E-RETs ha-gil-AD et-PIN-khas ben-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
Following this, a three-part series of destination phrases—el-bnei-reuven {אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן | ʾel benê rəʾûḇēn}, ve-el-bnei-gad {וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָ֛ד | wəʾel benê gâd}, and ve-el-chatzi {וְאֶל־חֲצִ֥י | wəʾel ḥaṣî}—culminates in the construct shevet-menasheh {שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | šeḇeṭ mənaššeh}, specifying the half tribe of Manasseh.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ט
“tribe, staff”
In context — Joshua 22:13
And Israel’s people sent Phinehas , son of Eleazar the priest, to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 22:13, so the Hebrew word שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה (shevetmenasheh) 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.22.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.13.W6.S1) and character.