Joshua 22:28:8Josh.22.28.W8TAB
רְא֣וּ
reu
“see!”
- Transliteration
- re-U
- Extended
- reh-OO
- IPA
- /rəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- see!
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Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
re-U
- phraseyour reading level
re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-a-MAR-nu re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TEI-nu LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZE-vakh ki-ED HU bei-NEI-nu u-vei-NEI-khem
- sentence
va-NO-mer ve-ha-YA ki-YO-mru e-LEI-nu ve-EL-do-ro-TEI-nu ma-KHAR ve-a-MAR-nu re-U et-TAV-nit miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-a-SU a-vo-TEI-nu LO le-o-LA ve-LO le-ZE-vakh ki-ED HU bei-NEI-nu u-vei-NEI-khem
Exegesis
Yomru {יֹאמְרוּ | yō-merû} and veamarnu {וְאָמַ֡רְנוּ | wə-ʾā-mar-nû} frame anticipated dialogue, while the imperative reu {רְא֣וּ | rə-ʾû} highlights the central tavnit mizbeach {תַּבְנִית֩ מִזְבַּ֨ח | tāḇ-nîṯ miz-bā-ʾaḥ} ‘model of the altar’, specified by asher-asu {אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ | ʾă-šer-ʿā-sû} ‘that they made’. The negations lo …
In context — Joshua 22:28
And we said, “If in the future they speak to us or to our generations, we will say, ‘Look at the model of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made—not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’”
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 22:28, so the Hebrew word רְא֣וּ (reu) 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.22.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.28.W8.S1) and character.