Joshua 15:9:4Josh.15.9.W4TAB
הָהָ֗ר
hahar
“of the mountain”
- Transliteration
- ha-HAR
- Extended
- haa-HAR
- IPA
- /haːˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the mountain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
meh-ROSH ha-HAR
- 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 prepositional phrase mērōʼš hahār {מֵרֹאשׁ הָהָר | mē-rō-’š hā-hār} ‘from the top of the hill’ establishes the starting point, followed by ʾel-maʿayān mēy neftōaḥ {אֶל־מַעְיַן מֵי נֶפְתּוֹחַ | ʾel-ma-ʿa-yān mēy nef-tō-ăḥ} ‘to the spring of the waters of Nephthoah’, a construct chain specifying the water source.
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 15:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 15:9, so the Hebrew word הָהָ֗ר (hahar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.9.W4.S1) and character.