Joshua 15:3:4Josh.15.3.W4TAB

עַקְרַבִּים֙

akrabim

of Akrabbim

Transliteration
ak-ra-BIM
Extended
ahk-rah-BEEM
IPA
/ʕaqraˈbim/

Meaning by language

English
of Akrabbim

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עַקְ + רַ + בִּים֙
ak + ra + bim
akrabim

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ak-ra-BIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 infinitival construction lemaaleh {לְמַעֲלֵה | lə-ma-ʿā-lē} ‘to the ascent’ with the proper name akrabbim {עַקְרַבִּים | ʿa-qər-äb-bîm} provides a topographical marker.

Root and etymology

Rootayin-qoph-resh-bet

scorpion

In contextJoshua 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 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:3, so the Hebrew word עַקְרַבִּים֙ (akrabim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.3.W4.S1) and character.