Joshua 17:9:15Josh.17.9.W15TAB
מִצְּפ֣וֹן
mitspohn
“on the north”
- Transliteration
- mits-POHN
- Extended
- mits-POHN
- IPA
- /mitsˈpoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the north
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mits-POHN
- phraseyour reading level
mits-POHN la-NA-khal
- clause
u-ge-VUL me-na-SHE mits-POHN la-NA-khal va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
- sentence
ve-ya-RAD hag-GE-vul NA-khal ka-NA NEG-ba la-NA-khal a-REEM ha-E-le le-ef-RA-yim be-TOKH a-REI me-na-SHE u-ge-VUL me-na-SHE mits-POHN la-NA-khal va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-ya-MAH
Exegesis
A parallel clause with ugevul menasheh mitzfon lanachal {וּגְבוּל מְנַשֶּׁה מִצְּפוֹן לַנַּחַל | ū-ḡə-vûl mə-naš-śêh mî-ṣə-p̄ôn la-nna-ḥǎl} details the northern limit, while vayehi totseotav hayammah {וַיְהִי תֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּמָּה | wə-yě-hî tō-ṣə-ʼā-ṯāw hă-yămmāh} employs the directional he suffix to denote termination at the sea. The use of vav-consecutive verbs, prepositional phrases, and construct chains underlines the precision of tribal border descriptions.
In context — Joshua 17:9
And the boundary went down to the wadi Kanah; south of the wadi these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the boundary of Manasseh was on the north side of the wadi, and its outgoings were toward the sea .
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Joshua 17:9, so the Hebrew word מִצְּפ֣וֹן (mitspohn) 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.17.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.9.W15.S1) and character.