Daniel 11:7:10Dan.11.7.W10TAB

הַצָּפ֔וֹן

hatsafon

the north

Transliteration
ha-tsa-FON
Extended
hah-tsah-FOHN
IPA
/hat͡saːˈfoːn/

Meaning by language

English
the north

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + צָּ + פ֔וֹן
ha + tsa + fon
hatsafon

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-tsa-FON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON

  3. clause

    ve-ya-BO el-ha-kha-YIL ve-ya-BO be-ma-OZ ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON ve-a-SA va-HEM ve-he-khe-ZIK

  4. sentence

    ve-a-MAD mi-NE-tser sha-ra-SHE-ha ka-NO ve-ya-BO el-ha-kha-YIL ve-ya-BO be-ma-OZ ME-lekh ha-tsa-FON ve-a-SA va-HEM ve-he-khe-ZIK

Exegesis

Repetition of wə-yā-ḇōʾ {וְיָבֹא | wə-yā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he shall come’ highlights successive movements toward ʾel-hā-ḥa-yil {אֶל־הַחַיִל | ʾel-hā-ḥa-yil} ‘the army’ and bə-mā-ʿôz {בְּמָעוֹז | bə-mā-ʿôz} ‘the fortress’ of melekh ha-ṣā-p̄ōn {מֶלֶךְ הַצָּפוֹן | me-lekh ha-ṣā-p̄ōn} ‘the king of the north.’

In contextDaniel 11:7

And one shall arise from a branch of her roots in his place, and he shall come to the army, and he shall enter the fortress of the king of the north, and he will act against them and will prevail.

About this coordinate

Daniel 11:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Daniel 11:7, so the Hebrew word הַצָּפ֔וֹן (hatsafon) 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 Dan.11.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.11.7.W10.S1) and character.