Joshua 23:12:5Josh.23.12.W5TAB
בְּיֶ֙תֶר֙
beyeter
“to the remnant”
- Transliteration
- be-YE-ter
- Extended
- beh-YE-ter
- IPA
- /udəvakˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the remnant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
be-YE-ter
- clause
KI IM-SHOV ta-shu-VOO u-de-vak-TEM be-YE-ter ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le it-KHEM
- sentence
KI IM-SHOV ta-shu-VOO u-de-vak-TEM be-YE-ter ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le it-KHEM ve-hit-khat-an-TEM ba-HEM u-va-TEM ba-HEM ve-HEM ba-KHEM
Exegesis
U-devaktem {וּדְבַקְתֶּם | û-də-baqqə-tem} ‘and you cling’ in the vav-consecutive sequence frames relational attachment, while the construct phrase be-yeter ha-goyim ha-ele ha-nisharim ha-ele {בְּיֶתֶר הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה הַנִּשְׁאָרִים הָאֵלֶּה | bə-yeṭer ha-ggô-yim ha-ʾêlleh han-nîšʾārîm ha-ʾêlleh} ‘to the remainder of these nations that remain’ employs a genitival chain to specify a known remnant.
In context — Joshua 23:12
For if you again turn back and cling to the remainder of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, and they with you.
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 23:12, so the Hebrew word בְּיֶ֙תֶר֙ (beyeter) 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.23.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.12.W5.S1) and character.