Joshua 18:5:8Josh.18.5.W8TAB

מִנֶּ֔גֶב

minegev

on the south

Transliteration
mi-NE-gev
Extended
mih-NEH-gev
IPA
/minˈneɡev/

Meaning by language

English
on the south

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Result
מִ + נֶּ֔ + גֶב
mi + ne + gev
minegev

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    mi-NE-gev

  2. 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

  3. 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.

Root and etymology

Rootnun–gimel–bet

south

In contextJoshua 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 18:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 18:5, so the Hebrew word מִנֶּ֔גֶב (minegev) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.5.W8.S1) and character.