נֶ֣גְבָּה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה

   NEG-bah

   to the south
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם

   NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim

   to the south belonging to Ephraim
3. clause🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַיְהִ֥י הַיָּ֖ם גְּבוּל֑וֹ

   NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim ve-tsa-fo-NAH lim-na-SHEH va-ye-HI ha-YAM ge-vu-LO

   to the south belonging to Ephraim and to the north belonging to Manasseh and was the sea its border
4. sentence🔊 נֶ֣גְבָּה לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַיְהִ֥י הַיָּ֖ם גְּבוּל֑וֹ וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ יִפְגְּע֣וּן מִצָּפ֔וֹן וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר מִמִּזְרָֽח׃

   NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim ve-tsa-fo-NAH lim-na-SHEH va-ye-HI ha-YAM ge-vu-LO u-ve-a-SHER yif-ge-UN mits-tsa-FON u-ve-yi-sa-SKHAR mim-miz-RAKH

   to the south belonging to Ephraim and to the north belonging to Manasseh and was the sea its border and with Asher they meet from the north and with Issachar from the east

Exegesis

The passage opens with the directional adverb negba {נֶ֣גְבָּה | negbāh} ‘southward’ and the phrase leʾep̄rayim {לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם | ləʾep̄rayim} marking Ephraim’s southern boundary.

Root and etymology

n-g-b🔊 נ־ג־ב

“southward”