Joshua 13:8:12Josh.13.8.W12TAB
מִזְרָ֔חָה
mizracha
“eastward”
- Transliteration
- miz-RA-cha
- Extended
- mihz-RAH-khah
- IPA
- /mizˈraːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- eastward
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-RA-cha
- clause
a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-cha ka-a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
im-MO ha-re-u-VE-ni ve-ha-GA-di lak-KHU na-cha-la-TAM a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RA-cha ka-a-SHER na-TAN la-HEM mo-SHEH E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The locative be’ever hayarden mizrakha {בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּرְדֵּן מִזְרָחָה | bə-‘ê-ḇer ha-yyar-dēn miz-rā-ḥā} specifies territory east of the Jordan. The parallel syntax of ka’asher natan lahem Moshe underscores Moses’s distribution role.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ח
“east, rising”
In context — Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance , which Moses had given to them east of the Jordan, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD , had given to them.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 13:8, so the Hebrew word מִזְרָ֔חָה (mizracha) 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.13.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.8.W12.S1) and character.