Joshua 13:5:4Josh.13.5.W4TAB
מִזְרַ֣ח
mizrakh
“toward the east”
- Transliteration
- miz-RAKH
- Extended
- miz-RAHKH
- IPA
- /mizˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the east
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-RAKH
- phraseyour reading level
miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon
- sentence
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon AD le-VO kha-MAT
Exegesis
The compound mizrach hashemesh {מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | miz-raḥ ha-šā-meš} literally “east of the sun” functions as a directional heading.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ח
“east, rising”
In context — Joshua 13:5
And the land of the Giblite and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:5, so the Hebrew word מִזְרַ֣ח (mizrakh) 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.13.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.5.W4.S1) and character.