Joshua 15:5:4Josh.15.5.W4TAB
הַמֶּ֔לַח
hamelakh
“the salt”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lakh
- Extended
- hah-ME-lakh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the salt
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lakh
- 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’.
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 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:5, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לַח (hamelakh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.5.W4.S1) and character.