Joshua 15:47:7Josh.15.47.W7TAB
עַד־נַ֣חַל
adnakhal
“unto the Brook”
- Transliteration
- ad-NA-khal
- Extended
- ahd-NAH-khal
- IPA
- /ʕadˈnaħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- unto the Brook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ad-NA-khal
- phraseyour reading level
ad-NA-khal mits-RA-yim
- clause
ash-DOD be-no-TE-ha va-kha-tse-RE-ha az-ZA be-no-TE-ha va-kha-tse-RE-ha ad-NA-khal mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ash-DOD be-no-TE-ha va-kha-tse-RE-ha az-ZA be-no-TE-ha va-kha-tse-RE-ha ad-NA-khal mits-RA-yim ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL u-gve-VUL
Exegesis
The preposition ad {עַד | ʿad} “up to” governs nachal {נַחַל | naḥal} “brook,” marking the traditional boundary adjacent to Mitzrayim {מִצְרָיִם | miṣ-rā-yim} “Egypt.”
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-l
“stream; wadi”
In context — Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with its surrounding towns and villages ; Gaza with its surrounding towns and villages—up to the brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea and its boundary.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:47:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:47, so the Hebrew word עַד־נַ֣חַל (adnakhal) 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.15.47.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.47.W7.S1) and character.