Numbers 14:38:1Num.14.38.W1TAB
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ
viyoshua
“But Joshua”
- Transliteration
- vi-yo-shu-A
- Extended
- vih-yo-shu-AH
- IPA
- /vijoʃuˈaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- But Joshua
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vi-yo-shu-A
- phraseyour reading level
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN
- clause
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH
- sentence
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH kha-YU min-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM ha-hol-KHIM la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The verse begins with a vav-consecutive coordination of the subjects yə-hō-šū-ʿa {וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ | yə-hō-šū-ʿa} ‘and Joshua’ and wə-kā-lēḇ {וְכָלֵב | wə-kā-lēḇ} ‘and Caleb’, framed by construct chains bin-nûn {בִּן־נ֔וּן | bin-nûn} ‘son of Nun’ and ben-yə-fun-nāh {בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֑ה | ben-yə-fun-nāh} ‘son of Jephunneh’ to establish personal identity.
In context — Numbers 14:38
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive from among those men who went to scout the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:38, so the Hebrew word וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (viyoshua) 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 Num.14.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.38.W1.S1) and character.