Joshua 22:6:1Josh.22.6.W1TAB
וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם
vayevarkhem
“So he blessed them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-var-KHEM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-var-KHEHM
- IPA
- /vajəvɑrˈxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- So he blessed them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-var-KHEM
- clause
va-ye-var-KHEM Ye-ho-SHU-a
- sentence
va-ye-var-KHEM Ye-ho-SHU-a va-ye-shal-KHEM va-ye-le-KHU el a-ho-LEI-hem
Exegesis
The imperfect forms vayevarkhem {וַיְבָרְכֵם | wayyeḇārḵêm} ‘and he blessed them’, vayishallachem {וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם | wayyəšalləḥêm} ‘and he sent them’, and vayelchu {וַיֵּלְכוּ | wayyeləḵû} ‘and they went’ preserve temporal progression. The proper name Yehoshua follows the first verb to identify the actor.
Root and etymology
bet–resh–kafb-r-k
“to bless”
In context — Joshua 22:6
Then Joshua blessed them, sent them away, and they went to their tents .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 22:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם (vayevarkhem) 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.22.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.6.W1.S1) and character.