Joshua 22:16:4Josh.22.16.W4TAB
עֲדַ֣ת
adat
“assembly”
- Transliteration
- a-DAT
- Extended
- ah-DAT
Meaning by language
- English
- assembly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-DAT
- phraseyour reading level
KOL a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KOH am-RU KOL a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH MA-ha-MA-al ha-ZEH a-SHER me-al-TEM be-e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL la-SHUV ha-YOM mei-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KOH am-RU KOL a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH MA-ha-MA-al ha-ZEH a-SHER me-al-TEM be-e-lo-HEI yis-ra-EL la-SHUV ha-YOM mei-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH biv-no-te-KHEM la-KHEM miz-BE-akh lim-rad-KHEM ha-YOM ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Ameru {אָמְרוּ | ’āmərû} “they said” introduces kol adath YHWH {כֹּל עֲדַת יְהוָה | kôl ’ăḏaṯ Yəhōwāh} “the whole assembly of the LORD,” asserting corporate covenant authority.
Root and etymology
ayin-dalet-heayin–dalet–he
“assemble”
In context — Joshua 22:16
Thus declares the whole assembly of the LORD : “What is this breach of faith you have done against the God of Israel, that today you turn away from following the LORD by building an altar for yourselves and rebel against the LORD?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:16, so the Hebrew word עֲדַ֣ת (adat) 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.22.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.16.W4.S1) and character.