Joshua 22:30:11Josh.22.30.W11TAB
אֶת־הַ֨דְּבָרִ֔ים
ethaddevarim
“the words”
- Transliteration
- et-had-de-va-RIM
- Extended
- EHT-hahd-deh-vah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔet.had.dəvaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-had-de-va-RIM
- clause
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH va-yi-TAV be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The direct object marker et-haddevarim {אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים | ʾet-had-de-vǎ-rīm} marks ‘the words’ as object of dibru {דִּבְּרוּ | dib-rū} ‘they spoke’, referring to the eastern tribes’ report.
Root and etymology
ד־ב־ר
“to speak, declare”
In context — Joshua 22:30
Phinehas the priest, with the assembly’s princes and the chiefs of Israel’s thousands who were with him, heard the words spoken by the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, and the report met with favor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 22:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַ֨דְּבָרִ֔ים (ethaddevarim) 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.22.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.30.W11.S1) and character.