Joshua 15:5:3Josh.15.5.W3TAB
יָ֣ם
yam
“sea”
- Transliteration
- YAM
- Extended
- YAAM
- IPA
- /ˈjam/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
YAM
- phraseyour reading level
YAM ha-ME-lakh
- clause
u-gvuL ked-MAH YAM ha-ME-lakh ad-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
u-gvuL ked-MAH YAM ha-ME-lakh ad-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN u-gvuL lif-AT tsa-fo-NAH mil-SHON ha-YAM mik-TSEH ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
In the first clause the adverb kedmah {קֵ֙דְמָה֙ | kēdmāh} ‘eastward’ governs the noun phrase yam ha-melach {יָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לַח | yām ham-mēlaḥ} ‘the Salt Sea’, followed by the prepositional phrase ad-k'tze {עַד־קְצֵ֖ה | ad-qṣēh} ‘up to edge’ and the place name ha-yarden {הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן | hay-yardēn} ‘the Jordan’.
Root and etymology
“sea”
In context — Joshua 15:5
And the eastern boundary was the Salt Sea up to the edge of the Jordan, and the northern border lay from the bay of the sea to the point where the Jordan ends.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:5, so the Hebrew word יָ֣ם (yam) 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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.5.W3.S1) and character.