Joshua 15:46:1Josh.15.46.W1TAB
מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן
meekron
“from Ekron”
- Transliteration
- me-ek-RON
- Extended
- meh-eq-RON
- IPA
- /meʔeqˈron/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Ekron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ek-RON
- clause
me-ek-RON va-ya-MAH
- sentence
me-ek-RON va-ya-MAH KOL a-SHER-al-YAD ash-DOD ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the parallel prepositional pair me’eqron {מֵעֶקְרוֹן | mê-ʿeq-rôn} ‘from Ekron’ and vâ-yā-mâ {וָיָמָה | vâ-yā-mâ} ‘and westward’, a typical Hebrew device for establishing territorial limits.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Qof–Resh
“uprooting”
In context — Joshua 15:46
From Ekron and westward , all that is along the side of Ashdod and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:46, so the Hebrew word מֵעֶקְר֖וֹן (meekron) 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.15.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.46.W1.S1) and character.