Joshua 15:7:9Josh.15.7.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙
ashernokhach
“which is opposite”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-NO-khach
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-NOH-khahkh
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃerˈnoː.χaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- which is opposite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-NO-khach
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-GVU-l de-vi-RA me-E-mek a-KHOR ve-tsa-FO-na po-NE el-hag-GIL-gal a-SHER-NO-khach le-ma-a-LE a-du-MIM a-SHER mi-NE-gev la-NA-khal
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-GVU-l de-vi-RA me-E-mek a-KHOR ve-tsa-FO-na po-NE el-hag-GIL-gal a-SHER-NO-khach le-ma-a-LE a-du-MIM a-SHER mi-NE-gev la-NA-khal ve-a-VAR hag-GVU-l el-MEI-EIN SHE-mesh ve-ha-YU tots-e-o-TAV el-EIN ro-GEL
Exegesis
The defining relative clause asher-nokhach lemaʿaleh adummim {אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים | ʾă-šer nō-ḥaḥ lə-ma-ʿă-leh ʾa-du-mîm} is rendered as “which faces the Ascent of Adummim,” preserving Hebrew concision.
In context — Joshua 15:7
And the boundary went up from the Valley of Achor toward Debir, then turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim on the south side of the wadi; and the boundary passed to the waters of En Shemesh, and its outgoings were at En Rogel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ (ashernokhach) 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.15.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.7.W9.S1) and character.