Joshua 18:17:2Josh.18.17.W2TAB
מִצָּפ֗וֹן
mitstsafon
“to the north”
- Transliteration
- mits-tsa-FON
- Extended
- mits-tsaa-FOHN
- IPA
- /mits.saˈfoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the north
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mits-tsa-FON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON
- clause
ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM
- sentence
ve-ta-AR mits-tsa-FON ve-ya-TSA EIN SHE-mesh ve-ya-TSA el-ge-lee-LOT a-SHER-NO-khakh ma-a-LEH a-du-MIM ve-ya-RAD E-ven BO-han ben-re-u-VEN
In context — Joshua 18:17
And it turned from the north and went out to the spring of Shemesh , proceeded to Geliloth, which faces the ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan , the son of Reuben.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 18:17, so the Hebrew word מִצָּפ֗וֹן (mitstsafon) 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.18.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.17.W2.S1) and character.