Joshua 18:15:9Josh.18.15.W9TAB
מֵ֥י נֶפְתּֽוֹחַ׃
meineftoakh
“of the waters of Nephtoah”
- Transliteration
- mei-nef-TO-akh
- Extended
- MEY-nef-TOH-akh
- IPA
- /meː.nɛfˈtoːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the waters of Nephtoah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
mei-nef-TO-akh
- 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.
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 18:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 18:15, so the Hebrew word מֵ֥י נֶפְתּֽוֹחַ׃ (meineftoakh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.15.W9.S1) and character.