Joshua 15:11:3Josh.15.11.W3TAB
אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף
elketef
“to the shoulder”
- Transliteration
- el-KE-tef
- Extended
- el-KEH-tef
- IPA
- /ʔel.keˈtef/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the shoulder
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-KE-tef
- phraseyour reading level
el-KE-tef ek-RON
- 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
In the first clause, veyatsa {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ introduces the goal phrase el-ketef eqron tsafonah {אֶל־כֶּתֶף עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה | ʾel-keṯep ʿe-qər-ôn ṣā-pō-nāh} ‘to the slope of Ekron northward’, where the suffix -nāh marks directional movement.
Root and etymology
k-t-pkaf–tav–pe
“shoulder, slope”
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 15:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף (elketef) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.11.W3.S1) and character.