Joshua 13:27:14Josh.13.27.W14TAB
מִזְרָֽחָה׃
mizrakha
“eastward”
- Transliteration
- miz-RA-kha
- Extended
- miz-RAA-khah
- IPA
- /mizˈraːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- eastward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-RA-kha
- 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
The final clause ever hayarden mizrachah {עֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרָֽחָה | ʿé-ber ha-yăr-dên miz-ra-ḥā} ‘beyond the Jordan eastward’ specifies the eastern limit. The chain of vav-linked nominals produces a catalog effect maintained in English through coordinated listing and directional phrasing.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ח
“east, rising”
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 13:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word מִזְרָֽחָה׃ (mizrakha) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W14.S1) and character.