Joshua 16:3:7Josh.16.3.W7TAB
תַּחְתּ֖וֹן
takhton
“Lower”
- Transliteration
- takh-TON
- Extended
- tahkh-TON
- IPA
- /taxˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lower
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
takh-TON
- clause
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD-ya-MAH el-GVU-l ha-yaf-LE-ti ad GVU-l BEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON ve-AD-GA-zer ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TO tot-se-o-TA-v ya-MAH
Exegesis
The verse then stacks limit markers with ʿad {עַ֣ד | ʿaḏ} ‘as far as’ and a second gevul {גְּב֧וּל | gəḇûl} to show successive boundary points, first at beit-khoron {בֵּית־חוֹרֹ֛ן | bêṯ-ḥôrōn} and qualified by tachton {תַּחְתּ֖וֹן | taḥtôn} ‘lower,’ distinguishing it from an upper counterpart.
Root and etymology
consonantstav–chet–tav
“under, lower”
In context — Joshua 16:3
And it went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletite , as far as the boundary of Lower Beth-horon, and as far as Gezer; and its goings out were seaward.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 16:3, so the Hebrew word תַּחְתּ֖וֹן (takhton) 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.16.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.3.W7.S1) and character.