אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף

   el-ke-TEF

   to the shoulder
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף הַיְבוּסִי֙

   el-ke-TEF hai-ve-su-I

   to the shoulder of the Jebusite
3. clause🔊 וְיָרַד֩ גֵּ֨י הִנֹּ֜ם אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף הַיְבוּסִי֙ נֶ֔גְבָּה וְיָרַ֖ד עֵ֥ין רֹגֵֽל׃

   ve-ya-RAD GEI hin-NOM el-ke-TEF hai-ve-su-I NEG-ba ve-ya-RAD EIN ro-GEL

   and it goes down the valley of Hinnom to the shoulder of the Jebusite to the south and it goes down to En-rogel
4. sentence🔊 וְיָרַ֨ד הַגְּב֜וּל אֶל־קְצֵ֣ה הָהָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵי֙ גֵּ֣י בֶן־הִנֹּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִ֖ים צָפ֑וֹנָה וְיָרַד֩ גֵּ֨י הִנֹּ֜ם אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶף הַיְבוּסִי֙ נֶ֔גְבָּה וְיָרַ֖ד עֵ֥ין רֹגֵֽל׃

   ve-ya-RAD hag-GVU-l el-ket-TSEH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI GEI ben-hin-NOM a-SHER be-EH-mek re-fa-IM tsa-fo-NAH ve-ya-RAD GEI hin-NOM el-ke-TEF hai-ve-su-I NEG-ba ve-ya-RAD EIN ro-GEL

   and it goes down the boundary to the edge of the mountain that overlooking the valley of the son of Hinnom which in the valley of Rephaim northward and it goes down the valley of Hinnom to the shoulder of the Jebusite to the south and it goes down to En-rogel

Exegesis

The phrase el-ketef-hayevusi {אֶל־כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי | ʾel-ke-tef ha-yə-bū-sî} ‘to the slope of the Jebusite’ uses ketef {כֶּתֶף | ke-tef} as a geographic classifier. The paratactic repetition of veyarad actions is mirrored in English by a series of descending verbs, preserving the Hebrew’s sequential structure.

Root and etymology

k-t-p🔊 כ־ת־ף

“shoulder, slope”

• 🔊 כְּתֵפַיִםkitfayimshouldersExodus 28:12