Joshua 13:27:11Josh.13.27.W11TAB

יָם־כִּנֶּ֔רֶת

yamkineret

“the Sea of Kinneret”

Transliteration: yam-ki-NE-ret
Extended: YAAM-kee-NEH-ret
IPA: /jam.kinˈneːrɛt/

Meaning by language

English: the Sea of Kinneret

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יָם + כִּ + נֶּ֔ + רֶת

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yam + ki + ne + ret

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yamkineret

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Nun	n as in new
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top

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The word

Word in context

word
yam-ki-NE-ret
clause
ad-kse yam-ki-NE-ret E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-kha
sentence
u-va-E-mek BEIT ha-RAM u-VEIT nim-RA ve-su-KOT ve-tsa-FON YE-ter mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh khesh-BON ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL ad-kse yam-ki-NE-ret E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-kha

Exegesis

Subsequent boundary markers include hayarden {הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן | ha-yăr-dên} ‘the Jordan’, uve-vul {וּגְבֻ֑ל | u-ḡə-vûl} ‘and border’, ad-ketseh {עַד־קְצֵה֙ | ʿad-ḳə-ṯsé} ‘up to the edge’, and yam-kinneret {יָם־כִּנֶּ֔רֶת | yām-kin-né-ret} ‘Sea of Kinneret’.

In context — Joshua 13:27

And in the valley were Beit-Haram, Beit-Nimrah, Sukkoth, and Zaphon, the remainder of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon; and the Jordan with its border up to the edge of the Sea of Kinneret eastward .

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word יָם־כִּנֶּ֔רֶת (yamkineret) 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.13.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W11.S1) and character.

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