Joshua 18:16:15Josh.18.16.W15TAB
נֶ֔גְבָּה
negba
“to the south”
- Transliteration
- NEG-ba
- Extended
- NEG-bah
- IPA
- /ˈnɛɡba/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the south
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
NEG-ba
- clause
ve-ya-RAD GEI hin-NOM el-ke-TEF hai-ve-su-I NEG-ba ve-ya-RAD EIN ro-GEL
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The construct al-penei {עַל־פְּנֵי | ʿal-pə-nê} ‘upon the face of’ introduces the viewpoint of the hill, while tsfonah {צָפוֹנָה | ṣā-pō-nā} ‘northward’ and negbah {נֶגְבָּה | ne-ḡă-bā} ‘southward’ establish orientation.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–gimel–bet
“south”
In context — Joshua 18:16
And the boundary went down to the edge of the hill overlooking the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which lies in the Valley of Rephaim to the north; then it went down the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite to the south, and it went down to En Rogel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Joshua 18:16, so the Hebrew word נֶ֔גְבָּה (negba) 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.18.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.16.W15.S1) and character.