Joshua 15:8:7Josh.15.8.W7TAB
מִנֶּ֔גֶב
minegev
“on the south”
- Transliteration
- mi-NE-gev
- Extended
- mih-NEH-gehv
- IPA
- /minˈnɛɡɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the south
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-NE-gev
- 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
Root and etymology
n-g-bnun–gimel–bet
“south, dry region”
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 15:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 15:8, so the Hebrew word מִנֶּ֔גֶב (minegev) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.8.W7.S1) and character.