Joshua 18:15:2Josh.18.15.W2TAB
מִקְצֵ֖ה
miktseh
“from the extremity”
- Transliteration
- mik-TSEH
- Extended
- mihk-TSEH
- IPA
- /miqˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the extremity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-TSEH
- 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
A double construct chain miktze kiryat ye‘arim {מִקְצֵ֖ה קִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֑ים | mik-tsē kir-yaṯ yə-‘ā-rîm} 'from the end of the city of forests' establishes the origin point.
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 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word מִקְצֵ֖ה (miktseh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W2.S1) and character.