Joshua 22:9:20Josh.22.9.W20TAB
נֹֽאחֲזוּ־בָ֔הּ
noakhazuvah
“they had taken possession of it”
- Transliteration
- no-a-kha-ZU-VAH
- Extended
- noh-ah-kha-ZUU-BAH
- IPA
- /noʔaħăˈzuː.baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they had taken possession of it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-a-kha-ZU-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER no-a-kha-ZU-VAH
- 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 22:9:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Joshua 22:9, so the Hebrew word נֹֽאחֲזוּ־בָ֔הּ (noakhazuvah) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.9.W20.S1) and character.