Joshua 18:14:4Josh.18.14.W4TAB
לִפְאַת־יָ֜ם
lifatyam
“toward the side of the sea”
- Transliteration
- lif-AT-YAM
- Extended
- lif-AHT-YAAM
- IPA
- /lif.ʔatˈjam/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the side of the sea
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lif-AT-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul ve-na-SAV lif-AT-YAM
- clause
ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul ve-na-SAV lif-AT-YAM NEG-ba min-ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI beit-kho-RON NEG-ba ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV el-kir-YAT-BA-al HI kir-YAT-ye-a-RIM IR be-NEI-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul ve-na-SAV lif-AT-YAM NEG-ba min-ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI beit-kho-RON NEG-ba ve-ha-YA ve-ha-YU tot-se-o-TAV el-kir-YAT-BA-al HI kir-YAT-ye-a-RIM IR be-NEI-ye-hu-DA ZOT pe-AT-YAM
Exegesis
The directional phrase lif’at-yam negbah {לִפְאַת־יָ֜ם נֶ֗גְבָּה | li-phaˈt yām nɛg-bā} ‘to the side of the sea southward’ defines orientation.
In context — Joshua 18:14
And the boundary turned and curved along the western side southward from the mountain facing Beth Horon. Its endpoints were at Kiriath Baal (which is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 18:14, so the Hebrew word לִפְאַת־יָ֜ם (lifatyam) 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.18.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.14.W4.S1) and character.