Joshua 13:16:6Josh.13.16.W6TAB
עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֨חַל
alsefatnakhal
“on the edge of the valley”
- Transliteration
- al-se-FAT-NA-khal
- Extended
- ahl-seh-FAT-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /ʕal.səˈfat.naˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the edge of the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-se-FAT-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER al-se-FAT-NA-khal ar-NON
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL me-a-ro-ER a-SHER al-se-FAT-NA-khal ar-NON ve-ha-IR a-SHER be-TOkh-ha-NA-khal ve-KOL-ha-mi-SHOR al-meid-VA
Exegesis
The clause meʿaroʿer asher al-sfat nakhal arnon {מֵעֲרוֹעֵ֡ר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֨חַל אַרְנ֜וֹן | mē-ʿărôʿēr ʾăšer ʿal səpat naḥal ʾărnon} uses a construct chain with the preposition me- and a relative clause to specify the starting point.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-lnun–chet–lamed
“valley, wadi”
In context — Joshua 13:16
Now the boundary for them extended from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, through the city in the midst of the valley, and all the plain as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 13:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֨חַל (alsefatnakhal) 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 Josh.13.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.16.W6.S1) and character.