Joshua 15:8:16Josh.15.8.W16TAB
גֵֽי־הִנֹּם֙
geihinnom
“the valley of Hinnom”
- Transliteration
- gei-hin-NOM
- Extended
- GEI-hin-NOHM
- IPA
- /geː hinˈnoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the valley of Hinnom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
gei-hin-NOM
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NEI gei-hin-NOM
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI gei-hin-NOM ya-MAH a-SHER bik-TSEH E-mek-re-fa-IM tsa-FO-na
- sentence
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL GEI ven-hin-NOM el-KE-tef hai-vu-SI mi-NE-gev HI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-a-LA hag-VOOL el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI gei-hin-NOM ya-MAH a-SHER bik-TSEH E-mek-re-fa-IM tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ’ă-šer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ links rōš hā-har {רֹאשׁ הָהָר | rōš hā-har} ‘top of the hill’ to gē-hinnōm {גֵי־הִנֹּם | gē-hinnōm} ‘Valley of Hinnom,’ while the locative suffixes ‑yā-ma {יָמָה | yā-ma} and ‑ṣā-pō-nā {צָפוֹנָה | ṣā-pō-nā} on yamah and tsafonah supply westward and northward directions, preserving the Hebrew’s geographic progression in translation.
Root and etymology
Rootgimmel–yod–aleph
“valley”
In context — Joshua 15:8
And the boundary rose through the Valley of Ben-Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite , at the southern edge marking Jerusalem, and then ascended to the top of the hill before the Valley of Hinnom, westward, ending at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 15:8, so the Hebrew word גֵֽי־הִנֹּם֙ (geihinnom) 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.15.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.8.W16.S1) and character.