Joshua 18:13:7Josh.18.13.W7TAB
נֶ֔גְבָּה
negba
“southward”
- Transliteration
- NEG-ba
- Extended
- NEHG-bah
- IPA
- /ˈnɛg.ba/
Meaning by language
- English
- southward
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
NEG-ba
- clause
ve-a-VAR mi-SHAM hag-GVUL lu-ZAH el-KE-tef lu-ZAH NEG-ba HI BEIT-EL
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The genitival chain el-ketef luzah {אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף ל֙וּזָה֙ | ʾel ke-tef lū-zāh} ‘to the slope of Luz’ provides geographic precision, refined by the directional adverb negvah {נֶ֔גְבָּה | ne-gev-bāh} ‘southward.’
Root and etymology
Rootnun–gimel–bet
“south”
In context — Joshua 18:13
And the boundary crossed over from there to Luz to the slope of Luz southward—it is Bethel—and descended to Ataroth Addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 18:13, so the Hebrew word נֶ֔גְבָּה (negba) 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.18.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.13.W7.S1) and character.