מִצָּפ֔וֹן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִצָּפ֔וֹן

   mi-tsa-FON

   from the north
2. clause🔊 וְיָצָ֨א הַגְּב֜וּל הַיָּ֗מָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת֙ מִצָּפ֔וֹן וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מִזְרָ֖חָה תַּאֲנַ֣ת שִׁלֹ֑ה

   ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul hai-YA-ma ham-mikh-me-TAT mi-tsa-FON ve-na-SAV hag-GE-vul miz-ra-KHA ta-a-NAT shi-LO

   and it went out the boundary to the sea Michmethath from the north and turned around the boundary to the east Taanath Shiloh
3. sentence🔊 וְיָצָ֨א הַגְּב֜וּל הַיָּ֗מָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת֙ מִצָּפ֔וֹן וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מִזְרָ֖חָה תַּאֲנַ֣ת שִׁלֹ֑ה וְעָבַ֣ר אוֹת֔וֹ מִמִּזְרַ֖ח יָנֽוֹחָה׃

   ve-ya-TSA hag-GE-vul hai-YA-ma ham-mikh-me-TAT mi-tsa-FON ve-na-SAV hag-GE-vul miz-ra-KHA ta-a-NAT shi-LO ve-a-VAR o-TO mi-miz-RAKH ya-NO-kha

   and it went out the boundary to the sea Michmethath from the north and turned around the boundary to the east Taanath Shiloh and passed along it from the east to Janoah

Exegesis

The pronoun oto {אוֹת֔וֹ | ʾō-tō} specifies the direct object, and the prepositional phrases mitsafon {מִצָּפ֔וֹן | miṣ-ṣā-phōn} and mimizrach {מִמִּזְרַ֖ח | mim-miz-rā-ḥ} preserve orientation by marking ‘from the north’ and ‘from the east’, thus retaining the original geographic sequence.