Joshua 15:2:4Josh.15.2.W4TAB
נֶ֔גֶב
negev
“south”
- Transliteration
- NE-gev
- Extended
- NEH-gehv
- IPA
- /ˈnɛɡɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- south
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NE-gev
- phraseyour reading level
ge-VUL NE-gev
- clause
va-ye-HI la-HEM ge-VUL NE-gev mik-TSEH YAM ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM ge-VUL NE-gev mik-TSEH YAM ha-ME-lakh min-ha-la-SHON ha-po-NEH NEG-ba
Exegesis
The noun gevul {גְּב֣וּל | ge·vûl} ‘boundary’ defines the legal limit, and negev {נֶ֔גֶב | ne·gev} ‘south’ specifies direction.
Root and etymology
n-g-bnun–gimel–bet
“south, dry region”
In context — Joshua 15:2
And their southern boundary was from the end of the Salt Sea , from the tongue that faces southward.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:2, so the Hebrew word נֶ֔גֶב (negev) 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.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.2.W4.S1) and character.