Joshua 15:2:9Josh.15.2.W9TAB
הַפֹּנֶ֥ה
haponeh
“that faces”
- Transliteration
- ha-po-NEH
- Extended
- hah-poh-NEH
- IPA
- /hapˈpoːnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that faces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-po-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-po-NEH NEG-ba
- clause
min-ha-la-SHON ha-po-NEH NEG-ba
- 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 15:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:2, so the Hebrew word הַפֹּנֶ֥ה (haponeh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.2.W9.S1) and character.