Joshua 18:12:5Josh.18.12.W5TAB
צָפ֖וֹנָה
tsafona
“northward”
- Transliteration
- tsa-FO-na
- Extended
- tsa-FOH-nah
- IPA
- /tsaˈfoːna/
Meaning by language
- English
- northward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-FO-na
- 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
Exegesis
Directional suffix -nāh in tsafonah {צָפ֖וֹנָה | ṣā·pō·nāh} and the noun yamah {יָ֔מָּה | yā·māh} use the directional he to indicate movement toward north and west.
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 18:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 18:12, so the Hebrew word צָפ֖וֹנָה (tsafona) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.12.W5.S1) and character.