Joshua 15:1:11Josh.15.1.W11TAB
מִקְצֵ֥ה
miktseh
“at the farthest part of”
- Transliteration
- mik-TSEH
- Extended
- mik-TSEH
- IPA
- /mikˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the farthest part of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-TSEH
- phraseyour reading level
mik-TSEH tei-MAN
- clause
el-ge-VUL e-DOM mid-bar-TSIN NEG-bah mik-TSEH tei-MAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH be-NEI ye-hu-DAH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM el-ge-VUL e-DOM mid-bar-TSIN NEG-bah mik-TSEH tei-MAN
Exegesis
The sequence of locatives ʾel-gewûl ʾĕḏōm mid·bār·ṣîn neḡ·bā(h) mik·ṣēh Têymān {אֶל־גְּב֨וּל אֱד֧וֹם מִדְבַּר־צִ֛ן נֶ֖גְבָּה מִקְצֵ֥ה תֵימָֽן | ʾel-gewûl ʾĕḏōm mid·bār·ṣîn neḡ·bā(h) mik·ṣēh Têymān} maps boundary, terrain, direction, and extremity: negebah {נֶגְבָּה | neḡ·bā(h)} ‘southward’, miktsêh {מִקְצֵה | mik·ṣēh} ‘extremity’, and Têymān {תֵימָן | Têymān} ‘farthest south’, preserving Hebrew spatial logic.
Root and etymology
q-ṣ-hqof–tsade–he
“edge, extremity”
In context — Joshua 15:1
And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah by their families came to the border of Edom and to the wilderness of Zin southward, extending to its uttermost limit .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 15:1, so the Hebrew word מִקְצֵ֥ה (miktseh) 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.15.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.1.W11.S1) and character.