Joshua 23:9:1Josh.23.9.W1TAB
וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁ
vayoresh
“for has dispossessed”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-RESH
- Extended
- vah-yo-RESH
- IPA
- /vajjoˈreʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for has dispossessed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-RESH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-RESH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-RESH Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne-YEKHEM go-YIM ge-do-LEEM va-a-tsu-MEEM
- sentence
va-yo-RESH Ye-ho-VAH mip-ne-YEKHEM go-YIM ge-do-LEEM va-a-tsu-MEEM ve-a-TEM LO a-MAD EESH bif-ne-YEKHEM AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The narrative prefix waw-consecutive on the Hiphil verb wayyōreš {וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁ | wayyōreš} ‘and dispossessed’ frames the conquest in sequential order.
In context — Joshua 23:9
And the LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations ; but no man has stood before you until this day.
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 23:9, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁ (vayoresh) 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.23.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.9.W1.S1) and character.