Joshua 15:10:10Josh.15.10.W10TAB
מִצָּפ֖וֹנָה
mitsafonah
“on the north”
- Transliteration
- mit-sa-fo-NAH
- Extended
- mih-tsaa-foh-NAH
- IPA
- /mitsːaˈfoːna/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the north
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mit-sa-fo-NAH
- clause
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH el-har se-IR ve-a-VAR el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM mit-sa-fo-NAH HI ke-sa-LON
- sentence
ve-na-SAV hag-GEV-ul mi-ba-a-LA ya-MAH el-har se-IR ve-a-VAR el-ke-TEF har-ye-a-RIM mit-sa-fo-NAH HI ke-sa-LON ve-ya-RAD BEIT-SHE-mesh ve-a-VAR tim-NAH
Exegesis
Directional nouns with he-suffixes, yamah {יָ֙מָּה֙ | yā-māh} ‘westward’ and mitsafonah {מִצָּפ֖וֹנָה | min-ṣā-pō-nāh} ‘northward’, anchor the route. The Hebrew word order ties action verbs with locality, and English renders these as sequential motion terms to preserve the original flow, maintaining construct names and directional details.
In context — Joshua 15:10
And the border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed over to the slope of Mount Jearim, which is Kesalon, and went down to Beth Shemesh and crossed over to Timnah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 15:10, so the Hebrew word מִצָּפ֖וֹנָה (mitsafonah) 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.15.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.10.W10.S1) and character.