Joshua 18:19:15Josh.18.19.W15TAB
נֶ֑גְבָּה
negbah
“southward”
- Transliteration
- NEG-bah
- Extended
- NEG-bah
- IPA
- /haj.jarˈden/
Meaning by language
- English
- southward
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-bah
- clause
ve-a-VAR hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef beit-KHOG-lah tsa-fo-NAH ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul el-le-SHON yam-ha-MEL-akh tsa-fo-NAH el-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN NEG-bah
- sentence
ve-a-VAR hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef beit-KHOG-lah tsa-fo-NAH ve-ha-YU totz-e-o-TAV totz-e-OT hag-GEV-ul el-le-SHON yam-ha-MEL-akh tsa-fo-NAH el-ke-TSEH ha-yar-DEN NEG-bah ZEH GE-vul NE-gev
Exegesis
The locative chain continues with el-leshon yam-hamelach tsafonah {אֶל־לְשׁ֤וֹן יָם־הַמֶּ֙לַח֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה | ʾel-lə-šōn yām-hā-me-laḥ ṣā-fo-nāh} ‘to the northern tongue of the Salt Sea,’ and concludes with el-ketze hayarden negbah {אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַיַּرְדֵּ֖ן נֶ֑גְבָּה | ʾel-qə-ṣēh ha-yăr-dēn ne-gev-āh} ‘to the southern end of the Jordan.’
Root and etymology
RootNun–Gimel–Bet
“south, parched land”
In context — Joshua 18:19
And the boundary passed along to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah, and its goings out were at the northern tongue of the Salt Sea, to the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:19:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Joshua 18:19, so the Hebrew word נֶ֑גְבָּה (negbah) 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.18.19.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.19.W15.S1) and character.