Joshua 15:8:5Josh.15.8.W5TAB
אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף
elketef
“to the side”
- Transliteration
- el-KE-tef
- Extended
- el-KEH-tef
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈ kɛːtɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the side
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-KE-tef
- phraseyour reading level
el-KE-tef hai-vu-SI
- clause
ve-a-LA hag-VOOL GEI ven-hin-NOM el-KE-tef hai-vu-SI mi-NE-gev HI ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- 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
A primary construct chain gei ben-hinnom {גֵּי־בֶן־הִנֹּ֗ם | gē-ben-hinnōm} ‘Valley of Ben-Hinnom’ is qualified by the prepositional phrase ’el ketef hayevusi {אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי֙ | ’el-ke-teph hayə-bû-sî} ‘to the slope of the Jebusite,’ precisely locating the path.
Root and etymology
k-t-pkaf–tav–pe
“side or shoulder”
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 15:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 15:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף (elketef) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.8.W5.S1) and character.