Joshua 23:13:18Josh.23.13.W18TAB
וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים
velitsninim
“and as thorns”
- Transliteration
- ve-lits-ni-NIM
- Extended
- veh-leets-nee-NEEM
- IPA
- /vəliʦniˈnim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and as thorns
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lits-ni-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lits-ni-NIM be-ei-NEI-khem
- clause
ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-FAKH ul-mo-KESH ul-sho-TET be-tsid-DEI-khem ve-lits-ni-NIM be-ei-NEI-khem ad-a-vad-KHEM me-AL ha-a-da-MAH ha-to-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- sentence
ya-DO-a te-de-U KI LO yo-SIF Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem le-ho-RISH et-ha-go-YIM ha-E-le mi-lif-NEI-khem ve-ha-YU la-KHEM le-FAKH ul-mo-KESH ul-sho-TET be-tsid-DEI-khem ve-lits-ni-NIM be-ei-NEI-khem ad-a-vad-KHEM me-AL ha-a-da-MAH ha-to-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Joshua 23:13
Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you, but they will become for you a snare , and a trap, a scourge at your sides and thorns in your eyes until you perish from this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:13:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Joshua 23:13, so the Hebrew word וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים (velitsninim) 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.23.13.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.13.W18.S1) and character.