2 Kings 16:14:202 Kgs.16.14.W20TAB
צָפֽוֹנָה׃
tsafona
“northward”
- Transliteration
- tsa-FO-na
- Extended
- tsaa-FOH-nah
- IPA
- /tsaːˈfoː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- northward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-FO-na
- clause
va-yit-TEN O-to al-YE-rekh ham-miz-BE-akh tsa-FO-na
- sentence
ve-ET ham-miz-BE-akh han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yak-REV me-ET pe-NE hab-BA-yit mib-BEN ham-miz-BE-akh u-mib-BEN BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN O-to al-YE-rekh ham-miz-BE-akh tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The closing clause uses va-yitten {וַיִּתֵּן | way-yittēn} ‘and he set’ to complete the relocation, and the placement phrase al-yerekh {עַל־יֶרֶךְ | ʿal-yēreḵ} with tsafonah {צָפוֹנָה | tsāfōnā} ‘northward’ fixes the new orientation, preserving the text’s careful spatial precision in English.
In context — 2 Kings 16:14
He moved the bronze altar that was before the LORD away from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and set it on the north side of the altar.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:14:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 16:14, so the Hebrew word צָפֽוֹנָה׃ (tsafona) 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 2 Kgs.16.14.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.14.W20.S1) and character.