Joshua 22:9:18Josh.22.9.W18TAB
אֲחֻזָּתָם֙
akhuzatam
“of their possession”
- Transliteration
- a-khu-za-TAM
- Extended
- ah-khu-zah-TAM
- IPA
- /ʔaħuzˈːaːtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khu-za-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM
- clause
la-le-KHET el-E-retz hag-gil-AD el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD va-kha-TSI SHE-vet ham-na-SHEH me-ET be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-shi-LO a-SHER be-E-retz-ke-na-AN la-le-KHET el-E-retz hag-gil-AD el-E-retz a-khu-za-TAM a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–chet–zayin
“to seize, take hold”
In context — Joshua 22:9
So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the people of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and went to Gilead, to the territory they possessed by the command of the LORD through Moses.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Joshua 22:9, so the Hebrew word אֲחֻזָּתָם֙ (akhuzatam) 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.22.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.9.W18.S1) and character.