Joshua 18:16:6Josh.18.16.W6TAB
עַל־פְּנֵי֙
alpenei
“overlooking”
- Transliteration
- al-pe-NEI
- Extended
- ahl-peh-NEI
- IPA
- /ʕal.pəˈnej/
Meaning by language
- English
- overlooking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-pe-NEI
- clause
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
- 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.
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 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 18:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־פְּנֵי֙ (alpenei) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.16.W6.S1) and character.