Joshua 18:12:4Josh.18.12.W4TAB
לִפְאַ֥ת
lifat
“for the side”
- Transliteration
- lif-AT
- Extended
- lihf-AHT
- IPA
- /lifˈʔat/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the side
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-AT
- phraseyour reading level
lif-AT tsa-FO-na
- clause
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL lif-AT tsa-FO-na min-ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ye-HI la-HEM hag-GVUL lif-AT tsa-FO-na min-ha-yar-DEN ve-a-LA hag-GVUL el-ke-TEF ye-ri-KHO mit-sa-FON ve-a-LA ba-HAR ya-MA ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAIV mid-ba-RA BEIT-A-ven
In context — Joshua 18:12
And the boundary for them on the north side was from the Jordan River; it then ascended to the northern slope of Jericho, continued through the hill country toward the west, and its end was at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:12, so the Hebrew word לִפְאַ֥ת (lifat) 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.18.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.12.W4.S1) and character.