Joshua 15:11:10Josh.15.11.W10TAB
הַר־הַֽבַּעֲלָ֖ה
harhabaala
“Mount Baalah”
- Transliteration
- har-ha-ba-a-LA
- Extended
- har-hah-ba-a-LAA
- IPA
- /har.hab.baʕaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mount Baalah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-ha-ba-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL ve-ha-YU tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul ya-MA
Exegesis
Subsequent clauses use veta’ar {וְתָאַר | wə-ṭā-ʾar} ‘and it turned’, ve’avar {וְעָבַר | wə-‘ā-var} ‘and it passed’, and veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ linked to the place names Shikkronah {שִׁכְּרוֹנָה | ši-kə-rō-nāh}, har-ha-ba’alah {הַר־הַבַּעֲלָה | har-hă-ʾă-lāh}, and Yavne’el {יַבְנְאֵל | yab-nē-ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
h-r
“mountain, hill”
In context — Joshua 15:11
And the border went out to the slope of Ekron northward, then turned to Shikkeron, passed over Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border were at the sea.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 15:11, so the Hebrew word הַר־הַֽבַּעֲלָ֖ה (harhabaala) 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.15.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.11.W10.S1) and character.