Joshua 15:9:10Josh.15.9.W10TAB
הַר־עֶפְר֑וֹן
harefron
“of Mount Ephron”
- Transliteration
- har-ef-RON
- Extended
- har-ef-ROHN
- IPA
- /har.ʕɛfˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Mount Ephron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
har-ef-RON
- phraseyour reading level
el-a-REI har-ef-RON
- clause
ve-ta-AR hag-GVUL meh-ROSH ha-HAR el-ma-AI-yan MEI nef-TO-akh ve-ya-TSA el-a-REI har-ef-RON
- sentence
ve-ta-AR hag-GVUL meh-ROSH ha-HAR el-ma-AI-yan MEI nef-TO-akh ve-ya-TSA el-a-REI har-ef-RON ve-ta-AR hag-GVUL ba-a-LAH HI kir-YAT ye-a-RIM
Exegesis
The sequence vəyāṣē {וְיָצָא | vǝ-yā-ṣāʼ} ‘and it went out’ introduces a new directional clause with ʾel-ʿārê hār-ʿephrōn {אֶל־עָרֵי הַר־עֶפְרוֹן | ʾel-ʿā-rê hār-ʿe-phrōn} ‘to the cities of Mount Ephron’, preserving the construct for spatial clarity.
Root and etymology
h-r
“mountain, hill”
In context — Joshua 15:9
And the boundary turned from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephthoah, went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and turned again to Baalah, which is called Kiriath-Jearim .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 15:9, so the Hebrew word הַר־עֶפְר֑וֹן (harefron) 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.15.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.9.W10.S1) and character.