Joshua 15:2:5Josh.15.2.W5TAB
מִקְצֵ֖ה
miktseh
“from the end”
- Transliteration
- mik-TSEH
- Extended
- mihk-TSEH
- IPA
- /miqˈt͡seː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the end
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-TSEH
- 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 construct chain miketzeh yam hamelach {מִקְצֵ֖ה יָ֣ם הַמֶּ֑לַח | miq·ṣê yām ham·mē·lāḥ} ‘end of the Salt Sea’ marks the starting point, followed by the construct min-halashon haponeh {מִן־הַלָּשֹׁ֖ן הַפֹּנֶ֥ה | min-ha-la·shôn hap·pō·neh} ‘from the tongue that faces’, a land projection.
Root and etymology
q-ṣ-hqof–tsade–he
“edge, extremity”
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 15:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:2, so the Hebrew word מִקְצֵ֖ה (miktseh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.2.W5.S1) and character.