Joshua 22:17:1Josh.22.17.W1TAB
הַמְעַט־לָ֙נוּ֙
hamatlanu
“Is it too little for us”
- Transliteration
- ham-AT-la-NU
- Extended
- hah-me-AT-lah-NU
- IPA
- /hamˈʕat.laˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Is it too little for us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-AT-la-NU
- clause
ham-AT-la-NU et-a-VON pe-OR a-SHER lo-hi-ta-HAR-nu mi-ME-nu AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
ham-AT-la-NU et-a-VON pe-OR a-SHER lo-hi-ta-HAR-nu mi-ME-nu AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ye-HI ha-NE-gef ba-a-DAT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative hame'at-lanu {הַמְעַט־לָנוּ | hamĕ·ʿaṯ-lā·nû} ‘smallness for us’, establishing ironic emphasis.
In context — Joshua 22:17
Is the sin of Peor so trivial for us that we have not purified ourselves from it even to this day? Then a plague came upon the congregation of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:17, so the Hebrew word הַמְעַט־לָ֙נוּ֙ (hamatlanu) 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.22.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.17.W1.S1) and character.