Joshua 19:12:3Josh.19.12.W3TAB
קֵ֚דְמָה
kedmah
“eastward”
- Transliteration
- ked-MAH
- Extended
- keed-MAH
- IPA
- /keːdˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- eastward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ked-MAH
- clause
ve-SHAV mi-sa-REED ked-MAH miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh al-ge-VOOL kis-LOT ta-VOR
- sentence
ve-SHAV mi-sa-REED ked-MAH miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh al-ge-VOOL kis-LOT ta-VOR ve-ya-TSA el-had-DAV-rat ve-a-LAH ya-FI-a
Exegesis
The adverbs kedmah {קֵ֚דְמָה | qēd-māh} ‘eastward’ and mizrach {מִזְרַ֣ח | mî-zraḥ} ‘east, place of rising’ function as a Hebraic intensifier, doubling the directional focus toward sunrise.
Root and etymology
q-d-mqof–dalet–mem
“front, east”
In context — Joshua 19:12
And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise , on the border of Kisloth Tabor; then it went out to Daberath and ascended to Japhi’a.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:12, so the Hebrew word קֵ֚דְמָה (kedmah) 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.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.12.W3.S1) and character.