מִנֶּ֥גֶב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִנֶּ֥גֶב

   mi-NEG-ev

   to the south
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִנֶּ֥גֶב לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן

   mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron

   to the south of Lower Beth-horon
3. clause🔊 וְיָרַ֤ד הַגְּבוּל֙ עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר עַל־הָהָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר מִנֶּ֥גֶב לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃

   ve-ya-RAD hag-GVUL at-ROT a-DAR al-ha-HAR a-SHER mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON

   and went down the border Ataroth Addar on the mountain that to the south of Lower Beth-horon Lower
4. sentence🔊 וְעָבַר֩ מִשָּׁ֨ם הַגְּב֜וּל ל֗וּזָה אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף ל֙וּזָה֙ נֶ֔גְבָּה הִ֖יא בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וְיָרַ֤ד הַגְּבוּל֙ עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר עַל־הָהָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר מִנֶּ֥גֶב לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃

   ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL ve-ya-RAD hag-GVUL at-ROT a-DAR al-ha-HAR a-SHER mi-NEG-ev le-VEIT-KHO-ron takh-TON

   and passed from there the border to Luz to the shoulder of Luz southward it is Bethel and went down the border Ataroth Addar on the mountain that to the south of Lower Beth-horon Lower

Exegesis

The compound toponym atrotadar {עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר | ʿa-ṯer-ōt ă-dar} ‘Ataroth Addar’ is followed by a relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾă-sher} ‘which,’ leading into the construct minegev beit-choron tachton {מִנֶּ֥גֶב לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן תַּחְתּֽוֹן | min ne-gev lə-bēṯ-ḥō-ron taḥ-tōn} ‘from the south of Beth-horon lower.’ English syntax breaks long Hebrew chains for clarity but preserves the sense of official land demarcation and topographical descent.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 נ־ג־בnun–gimel–bet

“south”

• 🔊 נֶגֶבnegevsouthern desertGenesis 13:1