Joshua 17:10:3Josh.17.10.W3TAB
וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙
vetsafonah
“and to the north”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsa-fo-NAH
- Extended
- veh-tsa-foh-NAH
- IPA
- /vɛtsɔˈfona/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the north
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-tsa-fo-NAH
- clause
NEG-bah le-ef-RA-yim ve-tsa-fo-NAH lim-na-SHEH va-ye-HI ha-YAM ge-vu-LO
- sentence
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
Exegesis
This is mirrored by wəṣāp̄ōnāh {וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ | wəṣāp̄ōnāh} ‘and northward’ with līmnāsheh {לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה | līmnāsheh} for Manasseh’s northern limit.
In context — Joshua 17:10
Southward belonged to Ephraim, and northward to Manasseh. And the sea was its border. And in Asher they met from the north, and in Issachar from the east.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 17:10, so the Hebrew word וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ (vetsafonah) 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.17.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.10.W3.S1) and character.