Joshua 23:4:13Josh.23.4.W13TAB
וְהַיָּ֥ם
vehayam
“and the sea”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YAM
- Extended
- veh-ha-YAAM
- IPA
- /vəhajˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the sea
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL
- 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
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 23:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 23:4, so the Hebrew word וְהַיָּ֥ם (vehayam) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.4.W13.S1) and character.