Joshua 19:14:4Josh.19.14.W4TAB
מִצְּפ֖וֹן
mitstsefon
“from the north”
- Transliteration
- mitstse-FON
- Extended
- mih-tstseh-FOHN
- IPA
- /mits.tsəˈfoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the north
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mitstse-FON
- clause
ve-na-SAV o-TO hag-GEV-ul mitstse-FON khan-na-TON
- sentence
ve-na-SAV o-TO hag-GEV-ul mitstse-FON khan-na-TON ve-ha-YU totse-O-taiv GEI yif-TACH-EL
Exegesis
The directional phrase miṣ-ṣə-pōn {מִצְּפֹון | miṣ-ṣə-pōn} ‘from the north’ specifies orientation toward ḫăn-nā-ṯōn {חַנָּתֹן | ḫăn-nā-ṯōn} ‘Hannathon’.
In context — Joshua 19:14
And the boundary turned northward of Hannathon, and its end was at the Valley of Iphtah El.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:14, so the Hebrew word מִצְּפ֖וֹן (mitstsefon) 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.19.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.14.W4.S1) and character.