Joshua 22:7:19Josh.22.7.W19TAB
וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃
vayevarakhem
“and he blessed them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-va-ra-KHEM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vah-ra-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʔel.ʔa.hoˈlejhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-ye-va-ra-KHEM
- clause
ve-GAM KI shil-le-KHAM ye-ho-SHU-a el-a-ho-le-HEM va-ye-va-ra-KHEM
- sentence
ve-la-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH na-TAN mo-SHEH ba-ba-SHAN u-le-khets-YO na-TAN ye-ho-SHU-a im-a-KHE-hem me-E-VER ha-yar-DEN ya-MAH ve-GAM KI shil-le-KHAM ye-ho-SHU-a el-a-ho-le-HEM va-ye-va-ra-KHEM
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction vegam {וְגַם | wə-gam} ‘and also’ links the allotment narrative to a temporal-result clause where shillecham {שִׁלְּחָם | šil-lə-ḥām} ‘he sent them’ (Piel perfect) and the waw-consecutive Piel imperfect vayvarechem {וַיְבָרֲכֵם | way-yə-ḇā-ra-ḵēm} ‘he blessed them’ form a cohesive sequence that concludes the distribution with a covenantal blessing.
Root and etymology
bet–resh–kafb-r-k
“to bless”
In context — Joshua 22:7
Now Moses gave a possession in Bashan to one half of the tribe of Manasseh, but Joshua gave the other half an inheritance with their brothers on this side of the Jordan, toward the west. And when Joshua sent them to their tents, he also blessed them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:7:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Joshua 22:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃ (vayevarakhem) 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.22.7.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.7.W19.S1) and character.