Joshua 15:6:5Josh.15.6.W5TAB
מִצְּפ֖וֹן
mitstphon
“north of”
- Transliteration
- mitst-PHON
- Extended
- mitst-POHN
- IPA
- /mits.tsəˈfoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- north of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
mitst-PHON
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-GE-vul BEIT khag-LA ve-a-VAR mitst-PHON le-VEIT ha-a-ra-VA
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-GE-vul BEIT khag-LA ve-a-VAR mitst-PHON le-VEIT ha-a-ra-VA ve-a-LA hag-GEV-ul E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN
Exegesis
The construct chain beit ḥoglah {בֵּ֣ית חָגְלָ֔ה | bēt ḥāgəlâh} ‘house of Hoglah’ parallels le-beit ha-ʿaravah {לְבֵ֣ית הָעֲרָבָ֑ה | lə-bēt ha-‘āravâh} ‘to the house of the Arabah,’ while the prepositional phrase miṣpôn {מִצְּפ֖וֹן | miṣpôn} ‘north’ establishes direction.
In context — Joshua 15:6
And the boundary ascended to Beth-Hoglah and traversed from the north to Beth-ha-Arabah; then the boundary ascended to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:6, so the Hebrew word מִצְּפ֖וֹן (mitstphon) 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.15.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.6.W5.S1) and character.