Joshua 18:15:1Josh.18.15.W1TAB
וּפְאַת־נֶ֕גְבָּה
ufeatnegba
“and the southern edge”
- Transliteration
- u-fe-AT-NEG-ba
- Extended
- oo-feh-AHT-NEG-bah
- IPA
- /ufə.ˈʔat.neɡˌbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the southern edge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba
- clause
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba mik-TSEH kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM
- sentence
u-fe-AT-NEG-ba mik-TSEH kir-YAT-ye-a-REEM ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prefixed construct ufe'at-negebah {וּפְאַת־נֶ֕גְבָּה | ū-pᵊ-ʾat-nĕg-bāh} 'edge of the south', linking the boundary clause with vav.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–gimel–bet
“south/dry region”
In context — Joshua 18:15
And the southern boundary began at the edge of Kiriath Jearim and then ran westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word וּפְאַת־נֶ֕גְבָּה (ufeatnegba) 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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W1.S1) and character.