Genesis 13:14:14Gen.13.14.W14TAB
צָפֹ֥נָה
tsafona
“northward”
- Transliteration
- tsa-FO-na
- Extended
- tsah-FOH-nah
- IPA
- /tsaː.ˈfoː.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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
tsa-FO-na
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba
- clause
tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba va-KED-ma va-YAM-ma
- sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-av-RAM a-kha-REI hip-pa-red-LOT me-im-MO SA NA ei-NE-kha u-re-E min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-a-TA SHAM tsa-FO-na va-NEG-ba va-KED-ma va-YAM-ma
Exegesis
The meristic list tsafonah, vav-negebah, vav-kedmah, vav-yammāh {צָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה וָקֵדְמָה וָיָמָּה} enumerates the entire compass, underscoring the universal scope of the land promise. The formal reconstruction retains the Hebrew’s directional “-ward” adverbs and literal structure, while the dynamic opts for coordinate directional nouns and the idiom “take in the view” for narrative clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootṣade–pe–nun
“to hide, store up”
In context — Genesis 13:14
After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Please lift up your eyes and look out from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:14:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 13:14, so the Hebrew word צָפֹ֥נָה (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 Gen.13.14.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.14.W14.S1) and character.