Joshua 23:4:10Josh.23.4.W10TAB
וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם֙
vekolhagoyim
“and all the nations”
- Transliteration
- ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM
- Extended
- veh-KOHL-hah-go-YEEM
- IPA
- /vəˈkol-haˈgojim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and all the nations
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM
- clause
min-ha-yar-DEN ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER hikh-ra-TI ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
- sentence
re-U hi-pal-TI la-KHEM ET-ha-go-YIM ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le be-na-ha-LA le-shiv-TE-khem min-ha-yar-DEN ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER hikh-ra-TI ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
Exegesis
Coordinating conjunctions systematically extend the border description from minhayarden {מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּן | min-hayyārḏēn} ‘from the Jordan’ through wə-ḵōl-haggôyîm {וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם | wə-ḵōl-haggôyîm} ‘and all the nations’ to the Great Sea.
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Joshua 23:4
See, I have allotted for you these nations that remain to be an inheritance for your tribes from the Jordan and all the nations that I have cut off, even to the Great Sea at the setting of the sun .
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 23:4, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם֙ (vekolhagoyim) 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.23.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.4.W10.S1) and character.