Joshua 15:4:9Josh.15.4.W9TAB

יָ֑מָּה

yammah

to the sea

Transliteration
yam-MAH
Extended
yaam-MAH
IPA
/jamˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
to the sea

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Result
יָ֑מ + מָּה
yam + mah
yammah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    yam-MAH

  2. clause

    ve-a-VAR ats-mo-NAH ve-ya-TSA NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT hag-GVUL yam-MAH

  3. sentence

    ve-a-VAR ats-mo-NAH ve-ya-TSA NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YU tot-se-OT hag-GVUL yam-MAH ze-yi-he-YEH la-KHEM gvuL NE-gev

Exegesis

The perfect ve-hayu {וְהָי֛וּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they were’ links totzaot {תֹּצְא֥וֹת | tō-ṣāʾōṯ} ‘outgoings’ with ha-gevul {הַגְּב֖וּל | ha-geb-ûl} ‘the boundary,’ identifying its termini at yamah {יָ֑מָּה | yā-māh} ‘west/sea.’

In contextJoshua 15:4

And it passed by Azmon and came out to the wadi of Egypt, and the outgoings of the boundary were at the sea. This shall be your southern boundary.

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:4, so the Hebrew word יָ֑מָּה (yammah) 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.15.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.4.W9.S1) and character.