Joshua 13:16:7Josh.13.16.W7TAB
אַרְנ֜וֹן
arnon
“of the Arnon”
- Transliteration
- ar-NON
- Extended
- ahr-NOHN
- IPA
- /ʔarˈnoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the Arnon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-NON
- 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.
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 13:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 13:16, so the Hebrew word אַרְנ֜וֹן (arnon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.16.W7.S1) and character.