Joshua 15:11:8Josh.15.11.W8TAB
שִׁכְּר֔וֹנָה
shikrona
“to Shikkeron”
- Transliteration
- shik-ro-NA
- Extended
- shihk-roh-NAH
- IPA
- /ʃik.roˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Shikkeron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
shik-ro-NA
- 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}.
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 15:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 15:11, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְּר֔וֹנָה (shikrona) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.11.W8.S1) and character.