Joshua 13:3:7Josh.13.3.W7TAB

עֶקְרוֹן֙

ekron

Ekron

Transliteration
ek-RON
Extended
ehk-ROHN
IPA
/ɡəˈvuːl/

Meaning by language

English
Ekron

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עֶקְ + רוֹן֙
ek + ron
ekron

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ek-RON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON

  3. clause

    min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV

  4. sentence

    min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM

Exegesis

The conjunction ve-ad {וְעַד | wə-‘ad} ‘and up to’ extends the region to gevul eqron tsafonah {גְּבוּל עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה | gə-vul ’e-qron ṣā-pō-nāh} ‘the northward border of Ekron’.

In contextJoshua 13:3

From the Shihor which lies upon the face of Egypt and extends to the border of Ekron northward, it is reckoned as Canaanite territory. There are five lords of the Philistines , namely the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 13:3, so the Hebrew word עֶקְרוֹן֙ (ekron) 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.13.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.3.W7.S1) and character.