Joshua 13:4:6Josh.13.4.W6TAB

לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים

latsidonim

belongs to the Sidonians

Transliteration
la-tsi-do-NIM
Extended
lah-tsi-doh-NEEM
IPA
/la.tsːiːdoˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English
belongs to the Sidonians

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Result
לַ + צִּי + דֹ + נִ֖ים
la + tsi + do + nim
latsidonim

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-tsi-do-NIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER la-tsi-do-NIM

  3. clause

    mi-tei-MAN KOL-e-RETZ hak-ke-na-a-NI u-me-a-RAH a-SHER la-tsi-do-NIM ad-a-fe-KAH

  4. sentence

    mi-tei-MAN KOL-e-RETZ hak-ke-na-a-NI u-me-a-RAH a-SHER la-tsi-do-NIM ad-a-fe-KAH AD ge-VUL ha-e-mo-RI

Exegesis

The conjunction u-me’arah {וּמְעָרָ֛ה | u-mə-‘ā-rāh} ‘and the cave’ introduces a place-name Mearah which is linked by the relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ to la-tsidonim {לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים | la-ṣî-dō-nîm} ‘to the Sidonians,’ specifying association.

Root and etymology

צ־ד־ן

Sidonian

In contextJoshua 13:4

From the south, all the land of the Canaanite and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek and to the border of the Amorite.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 13:4, so the Hebrew word לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים (latsidonim) 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.13.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.4.W6.S1) and character.