Joshua 13:27:5Josh.13.27.W5TAB
וְצָפ֗וֹן
vetsafon
“and Zaphon”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsa-FON
- Extended
- veh-tsaa-FOHN
- IPA
- /vətsɔˈfoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Zaphon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-tsa-FON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-su-KOT ve-tsa-FON
- clause
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
- 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
It continues with a series of place names—beit haram {בֵּ֣ית הָרָם֩ | bêṯ hā-rām}, uveit nimrah {וּבֵ֨ית נִמְרָ֜ה | ū-bêṯ nim-rāh}, vesukkot {וְסֻכּ֣וֹת | wə-suk-kōṯ}, vetsaphon {וְצָפ֗וֹן | wə-ṣā-phon}—coordinated by vav-conjunctions in an asyndetic list typical of Hebrew boundary descriptions.
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 13:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 13:27, so the Hebrew word וְצָפ֗וֹן (vetsafon) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.27.W5.S1) and character.