Joshua 15:3:2Josh.15.3.W2TAB
אֶל־מִנֶּ֜גֶב
elminegev
“to the south”
- Transliteration
- el-mi-NE-gev
- Extended
- EHL-mee-NEH-gev
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.minˈneɡɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the south
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-mi-NE-gev
- clause
ve-ya-TSA el-mi-NE-gev le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM ve-a-VAR tsi-NA ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-mi-NE-gev le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM ve-a-VAR tsi-NA ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a ve-a-VAR khet-TSRON ve-a-LA ad-DA-ra ve-na-SAV ha-kar-KA-ah
Exegesis
The initial verb vayetza {וְיָצָא | wə-yā-ṣāʾ} ‘and it went out’ sets the motion framework, followed by the directional clause el-minnegev {אֶל־מִנֶּגֶב | ʾel-min-nē-ḡeḇ} ‘to the south’.
Root and etymology
n-g-bnun–gimel–bet
“south, dry region”
In context — Joshua 15:3
And it went out to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim , passed over to Zin, and went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea; then it passed over to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 15:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מִנֶּ֜גֶב (elminegev) 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.15.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.3.W2.S1) and character.