Joshua 22:21:4Josh.22.21.W4TAB
וַחֲצִ֖י
vakhatsi
“and the half”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-TSI
- Extended
- vah-kha-TSEE
- IPA
- /vaħaˈtsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the half
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-TSI
- clause
va-ya-a-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH va-ye-da-be-RU et-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The series of construct phrases bnei Reuven {בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן | bᵊ-nê-rᵉ-ʾû-vên}, ubnei Gad {וּבְנֵי־גָד | û-bᵊ-nê gād}, and wachatzi shevet hammenashsheh {וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְנַשֶּׁה | wā-ḥă-ṣî šê-ḇeṭ ham-mə-naš-šeh} enumerates tribal representatives in parallel structure.
Root and etymology
ḥ–ṣ–ychet–tsade–yod
“half”
In context — Joshua 22:21
Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, answered and spoke to the clan heads of Israel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:21, so the Hebrew word וַחֲצִ֖י (vakhatsi) 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.22.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.21.W4.S1) and character.