Joshua 23:9:8Josh.23.9.W8TAB
לֹא־עָ֤מַד
lo amad
“not has stood”
- Transliteration
- LO a-MAD
- Extended
- LOH a-MAAD
- IPA
- /loː.ʕaˈmad/
Meaning by language
- English
- not has stood
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LO a-MAD
- phraseyour reading level
LO a-MAD EESH
- clause
ve-a-TEM LO a-MAD EESH bif-ne-YEKHEM AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- 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 adversative wə’ăttem {וְאַתֶּ֗ם | wə’ăttem} ‘and you’ shifts focus to Israel, leading into the negated clause lō-‘āmaḏ ’îš {לֹא־עָ֤מַד אִישׁ | lō-‘āmaḏ ’îš} ‘no man stood’, which underscores uninterrupted victory.
Root and etymology
Root’-m-d
“stand, endure”
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 23:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 23:9, so the Hebrew word לֹא־עָ֤מַד (lo amad) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.9.W8.S1) and character.