Joshua 18:20:3Josh.18.20.W3TAB
לִפְאַת־קֵ֑דְמָה
lifatkedma
“on the eastern side”
- Transliteration
- lif-AT-KED-ma
- Extended
- lif-AHT-KEED-mah
- IPA
- /lifʔat-keːdˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the eastern side
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-AT-KED-ma
- clause
ve-ha-yar-DEN yig-BOL-O-to lif-AT-KED-ma
- sentence
ve-ha-yar-DEN yig-BOL-O-to lif-AT-KED-ma ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI bin-ya-MIN lig-vu-lo-TE-ha sa-VIV le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The phrase lif’at {לִפְאַת | li-p̄aʾt} ‘to the side’ with kedmah {קֵדְמָה | qē-d-māh} ‘eastward’ indicates spatial orientation.
In context — Joshua 18:20
And the Jordan shall be its boundary on the eastern side; this is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to its boundaries all around by their families .
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 18:20, so the Hebrew word לִפְאַת־קֵ֑דְמָה (lifatkedma) 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.18.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.20.W3.S1) and character.