Joshua 22:17:2Josh.22.17.W2TAB
אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן
etavon
“the sin of”
- Transliteration
- et-a-VON
- Extended
- EET-ah-VOHN
- IPA
- /ʔet.ʕaˈvon/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sin of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-VON
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-VON pe-OR
- 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 phrase et-avon {אֶת־עֲוֺן | ʾeṯ-ʿă·wôn} marks avon as the direct object.
Root and etymology
ʿ-w-n
“iniquity”
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 22:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 22:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן (etavon) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.17.W2.S1) and character.