Joshua 16:8:1Josh.16.8.W1TAB
מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ
mitapuach
“from Tappuah”
- Transliteration
- mi-ta-PU-ach
- Extended
- mih-tah-POO-akh
- IPA
- /mit.taˈpuːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Tappuah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-ta-PU-ach
- clause
mi-ta-PU-ach ye-LEKH hag-GVUL ya-MAH NA-khal ka-NAH ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
- sentence
mi-ta-PU-ach ye-LEKH hag-GVUL ya-MAH NA-khal ka-NAH ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH be-NEI e-fra-YIM le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase mittappuach {מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ | mit-tappuaḥ} ‘from Tappuah’, followed by the verb yēlēḵ {יֵלֵ֨ךְ | yēlēḵ} ‘it goes’, establishing directional movement.
In context — Joshua 16:8
From Tappuah the boundary runs westward to the wadi Kanah, and its outlets reach the Mediterranean ; this is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families.
About this coordinate
Joshua 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 16:8, so the Hebrew word מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ (mitapuach) 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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.8.W1.S1) and character.