נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ

   nef-TO-akh

   of Nephtoah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מֵ֣י נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ

   MEI nef-TO-akh

   of the waters of Nephtoah
3. clause🔊 וְתָאַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל מֵרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֗ר אֶל־מַעְיַן֙ מֵ֣י נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ וְיָצָ֖א אֶל־עָרֵ֣י הַר־עֶפְר֑וֹן

   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

   And the boundary turned the boundary from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron
4. sentence🔊 וְתָאַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל מֵרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֗ר אֶל־מַעְיַן֙ מֵ֣י נֶפְתּ֔וֹחַ וְיָצָ֖א אֶל־עָרֵ֣י הַר־עֶפְר֑וֹן וְתָאַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ בַּעֲלָ֔ה הִ֖יא קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃

   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

   And the boundary turned the boundary from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron and the boundary turned the boundary to Baalah it is Kiriath Jearim.

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.