Jeremiah 16:15:8Jer.16.15.W8TAB
צָפ֔וֹן
tsafon
“{the} north”
- Transliteration
- tsa-FON
- Extended
- tsaa-FOHN
- IPA
- /tsaːˈfoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the} north
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 Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tsa-FON
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets tsa-FON
- clause
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma
- sentence
KI im-KHAI-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL me-E-rets tsa-FON u-mi-KOL ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER hi-di-KHAM SHA-ma va-ha-shi-VO-tim al-a-da-MA-tam a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The meristic pair me-eretz tsafon {מֵאֶרֶץ צָפוֹן | mē-ʾe-reṣ ṣā-fōn} and u-mikol ha-aratzot {וּמִכֹּל הָאֲרָצוֹת | û-mi-kol hā-ʾă-rā-ṣōṯ} frames the full extent of exile.
In context — Jeremiah 16:15
But it will be said, “As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.” For I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 16:15, so the Hebrew word צָפ֔וֹן (tsafon) 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 Jer.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.15.W8.S1) and character.