צָפוֹנָה֒

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צָפוֹנָה֒

   tsa-fo-NAH

   northward
2. clause🔊 וְעָבַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף בֵּית־חָגְלָה֮ צָפוֹנָה֒ וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל אֶל־לְשׁ֤וֹן יָם־הַמֶּ֙לַח֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן נֶ֑גְבָּה

   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

   and passed on the boundary to the shoulder of Beth-hoglah northward and they were its goings out outgoings of the boundary to the tongue of the Salt Sea northward to the extremity of the Jordan southward
3. sentence🔊 וְעָבַ֨ר הַגְּב֜וּל אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף בֵּית־חָגְלָה֮ צָפוֹנָה֒ וְהָי֣וּ תצאותיו תֹּצְא֣וֹת הַגְּב֗וּל אֶל־לְשׁ֤וֹן יָם־הַמֶּ֙לַח֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה אֶל־קְצֵ֥ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן נֶ֑גְבָּה זֶ֖ה גְּב֥וּל נֶֽגֶב׃

   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

   and passed on the boundary to the shoulder of Beth-hoglah northward and they were its goings out outgoings of the boundary to the tongue of the Salt Sea northward to the extremity of the Jordan southward this the border of the south

Exegesis

The phrase el-ketef beit-choglah tsafonah {אֶל־כֶּתֶף בֵּית־חָגְלָה צָפוֹנָה | ʾel-kə-ṭef bêt ḥôg-lāh ṣā-fo-nāh} functions as a prepositional locative expression marking the northern slope of Beth Hoglah.

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.’