Joshua 19:13:4Josh.19.13.W4TAB
מִזְרָ֔חָה
mizrakhah
“toward sunrise”
- Transliteration
- miz-RA-khah
- Extended
- miz-RAA-khah
- IPA
- /mizˈraːħa/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward sunrise
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-RA-khah
- phraseyour reading level
ked-MAH miz-RA-khah
- clause
u-mi-SHAM a-VAR ked-MAH miz-RA-khah gi-TAH KHE-fer i-TAH ka-TSIN
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM a-VAR ked-MAH miz-RA-khah gi-TAH KHE-fer i-TAH ka-TSIN ve-ya-TSA ri-MON ham-me-TO-ar han-NE-ah
Exegesis
The terms kedmah {קֵדְמָה | qeḏ-mā(h)} ‘eastward’ and mizrachah {מִזְרָחָה | miz-rā-ḥā(h)} ‘toward the east’ function as a hendiadys reinforcing orientation.
Root and etymology
ז־ר־ח
“to rise, to shine”
In context — Joshua 19:13
And from there it passed eastward to Gittah Hepher, Ittah Kazin, and came out at Rimmon by the boundary of Neah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:13, so the Hebrew word מִזְרָ֔חָה (mizrakhah) 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.19.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.13.W4.S1) and character.