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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-tsi-do-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER la-tsi-do-NIM
- 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
- 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 context — Joshua 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.