Joshua 16:8:9Josh.16.8.W9TAB
הַיָּ֑מָּה
hayamah
“toward the sea”
- Transliteration
- ha-ya-MAH
- Extended
- hah-yaa-MAH
- IPA
- /hajjaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ya-MAH
- 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 conjunction wə-hāyû {וְהָי֥וּ | wəhāyû} ‘and they were’ links to the predicate tōṣʾōṯāyw {תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו | tōṣʾōṯāyw} ‘its outlets’, with hayāmmāh {הַיָּ֑מָּה | hayāmmāh} ‘the sea’ marking the terminus.
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 16:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 16:8, so the Hebrew word הַיָּ֑מָּה (hayamah) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.8.W9.S1) and character.