Joshua 18:5:13Josh.18.5.W13TAB
מִצָּפֽוֹן׃
mitzafon
“on the north”
- Transliteration
- mi-tza-FON
- Extended
- mih-tsaa-FOHN
- IPA
- /mitsˈtsafoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the north
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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
mi-tza-FON
- clause
ye-hu-DAH ya-a-MOD al-ge-vu-LO mi-NE-gev u-VEIT yo-SEF ya-am-DU al-ge-vu-LAM mi-tza-FON
- sentence
ve-hit-khal-KU o-TAH le-shiv-AH kha-la-KIM ye-hu-DAH ya-a-MOD al-ge-vu-LO mi-NE-gev u-VEIT yo-SEF ya-am-DU al-ge-vu-LAM mi-tza-FON
Exegesis
The directional phrases minnēḡeḇ {מִנֶּ֔גֶב | minnēḡeḇ} ‘from the south’ and miṣṣāp̄ôn {מִצָּפֽוֹן | miṣṣāp̄ôn} ‘from the north’ form a geographic frame (south–north) that anchors the division process around Judah and the Joseph tribes, emphasizing ordered allocation.
In context — Joshua 18:5
And you shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stand on its border from the south, and the house of Joseph shall stand on their border from the north.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 18:5, so the Hebrew word מִצָּפֽוֹן׃ (mitzafon) 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.18.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.5.W13.S1) and character.