Joshua 18:15:8Josh.18.15.W8TAB
אֶל־מַעְיַ֖ן
elmaayyan
“to the spring”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-AY-yan
- Extended
- ehl-mah-AY-yan
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.maʕˈjan/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the spring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ma-AY-yan
- clause
ve-ya-TSA hag-GVUL ya-MAH ve-ya-TSA el-ma-AY-yan mei-nef-TO-akh
- 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 second vav-consecutive connects to el-ma‘ayan mei neftoach {אֶל־מַעְיַ֖ן מֵ֥י נֶפְתּֽוֹחַ | ʾel-ma-‘ay-yan mĕ-yê nep-tō-aḥ} 'to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah', completing the geographic list. The English rendering uses connected clauses to preserve the Hebrew’s tight sequence of construct chains and verb forms.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–yod–nun
“spring, fountain”
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 18:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מַעְיַ֖ן (elmaayyan) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W8.S1) and character.