Joshua 15:2:7Josh.15.2.W7TAB
הַמֶּ֑לַח
hamelakh
“the salt”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lakh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lakh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the salt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
YAM ha-ME-lakh
- 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.
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 15:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:2, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֑לַח (hamelakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.2.W7.S1) and character.